Muddy Waters - Forty days and forty nights

Forty ^Amdays and forty nights ^AmSince my baby left this town Sun shinin' all day ^Dmlong But the rain keep comin' ^Amdown She's my ^Emlife, I need her so Why ^Dmshe left, I just don't ^Amknow

^AmForty days and forty nights ^AmSince I set right down and cried Keep ^Dmrainin' all the time But the river is ^Amrunnin' dry Lord, ^Emhelp me, it just ain't right I ^Dmlove that girl with all of my ^Ammight

^AmForty days and forty nights ^AmSince my baby broke my heart Searchin' for her ^Dmeverywhere Like a blind man in the ^Amdark Love can ^Emmake a poor man rich Or ^Dmbreak his heart, I don't know ^Amwhich

^AmForty days and forty nights ^AmLike a ship out on the sea Prayin' for ^Dmher each night That she would come back home to ^Amme Life is ^Emlove and love is right

N.C.

I hope she come back home tonight^Am