Old St. Lou

        1.
C       I'm...
F       Headin' on down to old St. Lou
Bb/Bb7  I'm not quite sure what I'm a-gonna / do
F       Headin' on down 'cuz I feel blue
Gm/C    Blue because of / you

F       Thinkin' 'bout the people that you and I knew
Bb/Bb7  Do a little shuffle and the old soft / shoe
F/Dm/G  Bringin' in the verses / two by / two
Gm/Bb/F Headin' / to St. / Lou

        2.
C
F       After everything that we've been through
Bb/Bb7  Times when I wasn't sure what was / true
F       All the happy moments were far too few
Gm/C    How quickly they all / flew

F       Don't know where I'm headin', haven't got a clue
Bb/Bb7  Might drink myself silly and get a tat- / too or
F/Dm/G  Hang around the money cages / at the / zoo when
Gm/Bb/F I get / to St. / Lou!

Old St. Lou -- Lyrics originated while on the road from Chicago, heading, you'll be surprised to discover, to St. Lou, 1990 Jun 07. Revised 1991 Nov 17. First web publication ©2001 Oct 27. Published to mindfulwebworks.com 2007 Apr 26.

Mary Jo was in a recording studio in Chicago in Spring, 2001, and recorded this song. Afterward, a woman there came up to her and said, admiringly, "I haven't heard that in years." She had taken it to be an "old standard" of some sort. Ha! Can there be a higher compliment for a ditty writer?