I

woke

up

this

morn-

in'

with

the

cer-

ti-

fied

blues

they

sure

been

slap-

pin'

me

'round.

So

down

to-

night

I

could-

n't

tie

my

shoes

they

'bout

to

drop

me

in

the

ground.

If

I

could

shake

loose

I

would

feel

so

fine.

There's

one

thing

for

sure

and

it's

on

my

mind.

These

cert-

if-

ied

blues

are

gon-

na

take

their

time.

I've

been

liv-

in'

here

way

down

South,

a

place

that

I

wan-

na

stay.

Been

work-

in'

hard

just

to

feed

my

mouth

just

can't

keep

them

blues

aw-

ay.

There's

one

thing

for

sure

and

it's

on

my

mind.

These

cer-

ti-

fied

blues

are

gon-

na

take

their

time.

If

I

could

shake

loose

I

would

feel

so

fi-

ine.

You

say

you're

feel-

in'

bad

and

you

don't

know

why

you're

broke

and

your

wom-

an

been

ly-

in'.

And

just

one

thing

be-

fore

I'm

fired

the

blues

have

just

been

cer-

ti-

fied.

If

I

could

shake

loose

I

would

feel

so

fine.

There's

one

thing

for

sure

and

it's

on

my

mind.

These

cer-

ti-

fied

blues

are

gon-

na

take

their

time.