The Ten Commandment Blues 1924

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 6Feb2025
2025

We all have our troubles
Over things we can't do
Life's so full of problems
That make me feel blue
My soul is so doleful
So, I'm asking you
Now do you much blame me
If I feel as I do

I got the ten, I got the ten
I got the ten commandment Blues
I'm down and out and have no doubt
The reason is I have
too many don'ts to worry about
I'd like to do a thing or two
But try and find some fun
that ain't taboo
Thou shalt not steal
or kill, or covet
Thou shalt not
But gosh, how I love it
That melody haunts me
I know yielding is sin
I got the ten, I got the ten
I got the ten commandment Blues

I got the ten, I got the ten
I got the ten commandment Blues
I'm down and out and have no doubt
The reason is I have
too many don'ts to worry about
I'd like to do a thing or two
But try and find some fun
that ain't taboo
Thou shalt not steal
or kill, or covet
Thou shalt not
But gosh, how I love it
That melody haunts me
I know yielding is sin
I got the ten, I got the ten
I got the ten commandment Blues

Now maybe you think that
I should never complain
Some folks have their worries
That drive them insane
But all of these shalt nots
They give me a pain
I'm so regulated
That I sing this refrain

I got the ten, I got the ten
I got the ten commandment Blues
I'm down and out and have no doubt
The reason is I have
too many don'ts to worry about
I'd like to do a thing or two
But try and find some fun
that ain't taboo
Thou shalt not steal
or kill, or covet
Thou shalt not
But gosh, how I love it
That melody haunts me
I know yielding is sin
I got the ten, I got the ten
I got the ten commandment Blues

I got the ten, I got the ten
I got the ten commandment Blues
I'm down and out and have no doubt
The reason is I have
too many don'ts to worry about
I'd like to do a thing or two
But try and find some fun
that ain't taboo
Thou shalt not steal
or kill, or covet
Thou shalt not
But gosh, how I love it
That melody haunts me
I know yielding is sin
I got the ten, I got the ten
I got the ten commandment Blues

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Ten Commandment Blues 1924
(Everybody's Sorrow Song)
Lyrics & music by James King
© MCMXXIV by Spencer Williams Music Co.Inc.   N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 6 February 2025 at 10.04
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne