Set The Blues Back
Recorded by Randy Travis
Album: Single (2026)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(A) / / / |(A) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) - - -

(Verse 1)
When I woke up this (G)morning, my love was lyin' next to (D)me
Every heartache that I (A)ever had was just a memo-(D)ry
And she kissed me with her (G)tender lips and softly whispered in my (D)ear
"Baby, we could set the (A)blues back a hundred (D)years"

(Chorus)
And there'd be no more (G)sad songs, no more reason for a (D)saxophone
B.B. King might as (A)well stay home, Ray Charles and even (D)old George Jones
Close the door to the (G)Heartbreak Hotel, no more cryin' time (D) here
Baby, we could set the (A)blues back a hundred (D)years (E)

(Verse 2)
If we don't live in a (A)mansion, way up high on a (E)hill
We don't drive a Mer-(B)cedes-Benz, never have and never (E)will
But there's a whole lot of (A)feel good goin' on around (E)here
Baby, we could set the (B)blues back a hundred (E)years

(Chorus)
There'd be no more (A)sad songs, blue Mondays would (E)all be gone
They'd have to close down (B)New Orleans, Beal Street in Memphis, (E)Tennessee
If the whole world had a (A)love like ours, there'd be no more (E)tears
Baby, we could set the (B)blues back a hundred (E)years

(Instrumental)
|(A) / / / |(A) / / / |(E) / / / |(E) / / / |
|(B) / / / |(B) / / / |(E) / / / |(E) /

(Outro.)
Close the door to the (A)Heartbreak Hotel, no more cryin' time (E) here
Baby, we could set the (B)blues back a hundred years (E)
Baby, we could set the (B)blues back a hundred years (E) - - - - -