Chords for Bed Bug Blues - Dave Van Ronk

_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Bedbuggin' mean and evil [Gm] [D] don't [G] mean me no good.
_ _ [Gm] Bedbuggin' mean and evil don't mean [G] me no good.
_ [D] Thinks he's a [Cm] woodpecker, my poor old body's a [G] piece of wood.
_ _ Bedbuggin' as big as a jackass will bite you and stand and grin.
_ Bedbuggin' [D] as big as [G] a jackass will bite you and stand and grin. _ _
[D] You know they tell the other [Cm] bedbugs it's dinnertime, [G] better off again. _ _
I go to bed at night and I wonder how a poor boy can sleep.
_ I go [Gm] to bed at night and I wonder [G] how a poor boy can sleep.
_ [D] One is holding my [Cm] hands while the other's is [G] biting my feet.
_ I pace the floor at night, I'm so tired I'm about to drop dead.
[Gm] I pace the floor at night, I'm so tired [G] I'm about to drop dead.
You [D] know the damn little [Cm] bedbugs won't let [G] me get into bed.
_ Some of them were moaning in the corner [Dm] while I [G] was trying to sleep.
_ Some of them were moaning in the corner while I was trying to sleep. _
It was [D] the bedbug mother praying, [Cm] Lord give my children [G] more to eat. _
_ I got myself a wish upon these bugs, they got my goat.
_ You know I got myself a wish upon these bugs, they got my goat.
_ _ [D] You know I wish every [C] one of them would [G] cut their own goddamn throat. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ _ Bedbuggin' mean and evil _ don't mean me no good.
_ _ [Gm] Bedbuggin' mean [F] and evil don't mean [G] me no good.
_ [D] Things is a [Cm] woodpecker, my poor body's [G] a piece of wood. _ _ _ _ _