Joe Turner Blues
Composer: W. C. Handy
Original Publication and Copyright © MCMXV by Pace & Handy Music Co.

Verse 1.
You'll never miss the water till your well runs dry,
Till your well runs dry,
You'll never miss Joe Turner till he says "GoodBye".
Sweet Babe I'm goin' to leave you, and the time ain't long,
No, the time ain't long.
If you don't b'lieve I'm leavin' count the days I'm gone.
You will be

Chorus
sorry, be sorry from your heart, (uhm) (Uhm)
Sorry to your heart, (uhm) (uhm)
Some day when you and I must part.
And ev'ry time you hear a whistle blow,
Hear a steamboat blow,
You'll hate the day you lost your Joe.
You will be

Verse 2.
I bought a bulldog for to watch you while you sleep,
Guard you while you sleep,
Spent all my money, now you call Joe Turner "Cheap." You never 'preciate the little things I do,
Not one thing I do.
And that's the very reason why I'm leavin you.
You will be

Repeat Chorus

Verse 3.
Sometimes I feel like nothin' somethin' throwed away,
Somethin' throwed away,
And then I get my guitar, play the blues all day.
Now if your heart beat like mine it's not made of steel,
No, 'taint made of steel.
And when you learn I left you this is how you'll feel.
You will feel

Repeat Chorus