Misc Traditional – Empty Pocket Blues (Guitar Fingerpicking)

  A           A#dim     E7
I never had a barrel of money,

  D           D#dim     A
I never had a ruby red ring,

           A7      D   D#dim
all I ever had was you__ gal____

    E7                  A
to sit and listen to me sing. I got the

E7
blues___________ the empty pocket

A               A   E7  A
blues__________.

D      D#dim  A
Money, money, money,

D           D#dim     A
when will I make the grade?

D      D#dim        A      F#7
I'm so broke that a dollar bill,

      B7              E7
looks big as a window shade.

  A           A#dim     E7
I never had a barrel of money,

  D           D#dim    A
I never had a big Cadillac,

           A7      D     D#dim
all I ever had was you__ babe____

    E7           A
and tha-t's a___ fact. I got the

E7
blues___________ the empty pocket

A
blues__________.