Mean Old World
by Little Walter / Eric Clapton · tab for chromatic harmonica
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7 7 6 7 6 -5 6 This is a mean old world, 7 7 6 <-7 3 -2 try livin' by yourself. 7 7 6 7 6 6 This is a mean old world, 7 7 6 <-7 3 -2 try livin' by yourself. 7 7 6 7 6 -5 6 Can't get the one your lovin', 7 6 7 6 <-7 3 -2 have to use somebody else. 7 7 6 -5 I've got the blues, 7 6 7 6 <-7 3 -4 gonna pack my bags and go. 7 7 7 6 6 Yes, I've got the blues, 7 6 7 6 <-7 3 6 -2 gonna pack my bags and go--. 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 -5 6 Yes, I guess you really don't love me, 7 7 6 7 7 -5 <-7 -3 3 I'm just an unluckey so-and-so. 7 7 7 6 -5 Sometimes I wonder 7 6 7 6 <-7 3 -4 why can your love be so cold? 7 7 7 6 -5 Sometimes I wonder 7 6 7 6 <-7 3 -4 why can your love be so cold? 7 7 6 7 6 -5 6 I guess you don't love me--, 7 7 6 -5 <-7 -3 3 gonna pack my things and go.