| Abm | F# | Abm | F# | |
| Late one | night I heard a | knock on my | door |
| Abm | F# | Abm | F# | |
| No sur | prise, it was | my land | lord |
| Abm | F# | Abm | F# | |
| He notified | me, I was | late with the | rent |
| Abm | F# | Abm | |
| So what can you | do when your | last dollar's spent |
| Abm | B | C# | Abm | F# | Abm | B | C | |
| You got | trouble | , | some | kind of | trouble |
| Abm | F# | Abm | F# | |
| I called up my | baby for a | little ad | vice |
| Abm | F# | Abm | F# | |
| 'Cause | my sugar | baby always | treats me so | nice |
| Abm | F# | Abm | F# | |
| I had a funny | feelin' that he | wasn't a | lone |
| Abm | F# | Abm | |
| When I | heard another | voice whisper | hang up the phone |
| Abm | B | C# | Abm | F# | Abm | B | C | |
| I got | trouble | , | some | kind of | trouble |
| REPRIVE |
| B | |
| Trouble in my heart |
| F# | |
| Trouble in my mind |
| C# | Eb | |
| There's | never any trouble for | me to find |
| Abm | F# | Abm | B | C | |
| Some kind of | trouble |
| I went to my boss, said I need a little time |
| To work on this poor broken heart of mine |
| He said, I'd like to help you, I been there before |
| But the problem is girl, you don't work here no more |
| You got trouble, some kind of trouble |
| (Repeat REPRIVE) |
| (Instrumental) B - C# - Abm - B - C# - Eb |
| I was down about as low as a body can be |
| So I talked to my preacher 'bout prayin' for me |
| He smiled and he said, "Child you're not alone" |
| Cause all God's children got to deal wi Ï |