It's No Use

Lyrics: Kirkland, Wyche?
Music: Kirkland, Wyche?

Played by Jerry Garcia initially with Merl Saunders and then with many of his solo bands. See below for comments on the origin of this song.

It ain't no use
For you to cry
Woman you better
Dry your eye
You done me wrong
Now you want to come back
But it's no use
It's no use

There was a time
You was my pride and joy
The woman I loved
Like a child loves his toy
You hurt me so
I want you to know
It's no use
It's no use

I wanted you
You wanted someone else
You went away and left me
Left me all by my
Left me all by my
Left me all by myself

Now it's your turn to cry
Pay for your mistakes
Woman I love you
But it's too late
You hurt me so
I want you to know
It's too late
It's too late

[mumbled lines on Keystone recording]
Woman I love you
But it's too late
You hurt me so
I want you know
It's too late
It's too late

There was a time
You was my pride and joy
The woman I loved
Like a child loves his toy
You hurt me so
I want you to know
It's too late
It's too late

I wanted you
You wanted someone else
You went away and left me
Left me all by my
Left me all by my
Left me all by myself

Now it's your turn to cry
Pay for your mistakes
Woman I love you
But it's too late
You done me wrong
You want to come back home
But it's too late
It's too late

You done me wrong
You want to come back home
But it's too late

Jerry Garcia Recordings
	Date	Album	Recorded By
	Jul 1973	Live At Keystone, Volume 1	Garcia/Saunders
	1975	Jerry Garcia Collection, Volume 1	Legion Of Mary (note 1)

Notes
(1) included on a bonus disc issued with advance orders from jerrygarcia.com

On the "Live At The Keystone" recording, the song is credited to Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn, but this must be a mistake: the song sung by Garcia bears almost no relation to the Byrds' song of the same name (thanks to Eric Levy for pointing this out). It is not entirely clear where Garcia got the song from. It sounds as if it is a descendant of the blues standard "Ain't No Use" (recorded by Sarah Vaughn, Charles Brown, Big Maybelle etc). But it has gone through some significant changes from the original lyrics:

There ain't no use
In hanging round
No there ain't no use
I'm gonna put you down
There's no room left in my heart
For you

Ain't no use
For you to cry
Ain't no use
This is goodbye
You done me wrong
So many times
Now I'm through

The best years of my life
You just wasted away
You caused so many tears
Now the time has come when you must pay

Ain't no more for you say
Ain't no more for you to say
Just take your love and go away

And it's time [we can] leave
Don't return
Baby it ain't no use
if you leave, don't return
'Cause it just ain't no use

For comparison, the Byrds' song of the same title has the following, completely different lyrics:

It's no use use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want to be all mine
I haven't got room for somebody
Who's gonna hurt me all the time
Somebody who couldn't see
All the love I was trying to give
It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want our love to live

It's no use keeping you around
If you don't want me all the way
There's somebody new who can found
And I'll find her someday
And she will be everything
All the love she has she'll want to give
It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want our love to live

Oh I should be good to you but I can't
'Cause I was really true to you but you only hurt me more

It's no use use saying your gonna stay
Af you don't want to be all mine
I haven't got room for somebody
Who's gonna hurt me all the time
Somebody who couldn't see
All the love I was trying to give
It's no use saying you're gonna stay
If you don't want our love to live

Futher Information
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For online chords and TAB see www.rukind.com