Johnny Cash - Home of the blues
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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)
HOME OF THE BLUES (As performed by Johnny Cash, on Sun Records)
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--4/4 // Key of E // Moderately
--"bum-chicky" country feel, of course (alternate bass)
--"transcr./arr." tcg, '93, '94
INTRO:
[ ad . . . . . lib . . . . . feel . . . .] [BUM-chicky tempo...]
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VERSE 1:
JAust around the cB7orner there's hEeartache-- E
DAown the street that lB7osers Euse-- E
If yAou can wade B7in through the tEeardrops, E
You'll fAind me at the HB7ome of the BlEues-- E
VERSE 2:
AI walk and cB7ry while my hEeartbeat E
Keeps tAime with the dB7rag of my shEoes-- E
The sAun never sB7hines through this wEindow of mEine--
It's dAark at the HB7ome of the BlEues-- E
BREAK:
Oh, but the plAace is fAilled with the sweetest mEem'ries-- E
MB7em'ries so swB7eet that I cEry-- E
DrAeams that I've hAad left me E feelin' so bEad,
F#7I just want to F#7give up and F#7lay down and dB7ie-- B7
VERSE 3:
SAo if you've jB7ust lost your swEeetheart, E
And it sAeems there's no gB7ood way to chEoose-- E
CAome along with B7me, mis'ry lEoves companEy--
You're wAelcome at the HB7ome of the BlEues-- E
LEAD TACIT--
A B7 E E A A E E B7 B7 E E
VERSE 1 / CODA:
JAust around the cB7orner there's hEeartache-- E
DAown the street that lB7osers Euse-- E
If yAou can wade B7in through the tEeardrops, E
You'll fAind me at the HB7ome of the BlEues-- E
Yeh, you're gonna fAind me at the HB7ome of the BlEues-- E A A E E E=
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| Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |
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