Muddy Waters — I Am the Blues

[Chorus] I am, I am the blues I am, oh, I am the blues I know the world know I've been mistreated And the whole world know I've been misused [Verse 1] I am the moan of suffering women I am the groan of dying men I am the last one to start But I'm the first one to begin [Chorus] I am, oh, I am the blues The world know I've been mistreated The whole world knows I've been misused [Verse 2] Oh, I am the picking of people's wounds, who play and die I am the the last one hired Or I'm the first one fired [Chorus] Oh, I am, oh-oh, I am the blues Yeah, the world know how I've been mistreated The whole world know that I've been used [Bridge] Well, boys, somebody help me [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] I am many generation A prodigy of starvation I am the underdog, friend Yes, of the united nation [Chorus] Oh, I am, oh-oh, I am the blues Yeah, the world know I've been mistreated The world knows that I've been misused [Outro] I am the blues Oh, friends, I am the blues I am, friends, friends, I am the blues Yeah, the world know I've been mistreated, boys The whole darn world know that I've been misused