Home Of The Blues
Johnny Cash
—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:
A B7 E E
Just around the corner there’s heartache—
A B7 E E
Down the street that losers use—
A B7 E E
If you can wade in through the teardrops,
A B7 E E
You’ll find me at the Home of the Blues—
VERSE 2:
A B7 E E
I walk and cry while my heartbeat
A B7 E E
Keeps time with the drag of my shoes—
A B7 E E
The sun never shines through this window of mine—
A B7 E E
It’s dark at the Home of the Blues—
BREAK:
A A E E
Oh, but the place is filled with the sweetest mem’ries—
B7 B7 E E
Mem’ries so sweet that I cry—
A A E E
Dreams that I’ve had left me feelin’ so bad,
F#7 F#7 F#7 B7 B7
I just want to give up and lay down and die—
VERSE 3:
A B7 E E
So if you’ve just lost your sweetheart,
A B7 E E
And it seems there’s no good way to choose—
A B7 E E
Come along with me, mis’ry loves company—
A B7 E E
You’re welcome at the Home of the Blues—
LEAD TACIT—
A B7 E E A A E E B7 B7 E E
VERSE 1 / CODA:
A B7 E E
Just around the corner there’s heartache—
A B7 E E
Down the street that losers use—
A B7 E E
If you can wade in through the teardrops,
A B7 E E
You’ll find me at the Home of the Blues—
A B7 E E A A E E
E
Yeh, you’re gonna find me at the Home of the Blues—
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Tom Lindsey, [email protected]