(intro) c f f#dim c am d7 f c f

[c]bessie was [c/g#)more than [am]just a [d7]friend of mine [f] [g]
[c]we shared the [e]good times with the [am]bad [d7] [f]
[c]now [c/g#]many a [am]year has [d7]passed me by [f] [g]
[c]i still re[e]call the best [am]thing i ever had [f] [g]

[c]i´m just goin´ down the road t´ see [f]bessie
[c]oh, see her soon [g] (riff)
[c]goin´ down the road t´ see [f]bessie [f#dim]smith
when i [c]get [am]there i [d7]wonder [f]what she´ll do [c] [f]

now all the crazy things i had to try
well i tried them all and then some
but if you´re lucky one day you find out
where it is you´re really comin´ from

i´m just goin´ down the road t´ see bessie
oh, see her soon
goin´ down the road t´ see bessie smith
when i get there i wonder what she´ll do

now in my day i´ve made some foolish moves
but back then, i didn´t worry ´bout a thing
and now again i still wonder to myself
was it her sweet love or the way that she could sing

i´m just goin´ down the road t´ see bessie
oh, see her soon
goin´ down the road t´ see bessie smith
when i get there i wonder what she´ll do

there´s so much time has gone right on by
i didn´t think one could be so wrong
and then one night i was drinkin´ and a-thinkin´
in the bottom of the glass i could see bessie´s face so strong

i´m just goin´ down the road t´ see bessie
oh, see her soon
goin´ down the road t´ see bessie smith
when i get there i wonder what she´ll do

when she sees me will she know what i´ve been through?
will old times start to feelin´ like new?
when i get there will our love still feel so true?
yet all i have, i´ll be a-bringin´ it to you
oh bessie, sing them old-time blues