Key: :[C#] (w: J.J. Cale)

INTRO: [over VERSE]

VERSE 1:
Have you heard that [C#5] rumour, that's going around
My baby's got a [F#5] man, way across [C#5] town
It's the same old [F#5] story, tell me where will it [C#5] end
Yes, I [B] heard the news, it's the [A] same old blues a-[C#5]-gain

VERSE 2:
When I wrote you a [C#5] letter, you must have read it wrong
I stood at your [F#5] doorway, but you was [C#5] gone
I took a lot of [F#5] courage, let the telephone [C#5] ring
It's the [B] same old blues, [A] same old blues a-[C#5]-gain

VERSE 3:
When you give me the [C#5] business, you know I get a mind
'Cause I've got a lot of [F#5] patience, and I've got a lot of [C#5] time
It's the same old [F#5] story, tell me where does it [C#5] end
It's the [B] same old blues, [A] same old blues a-[C#5]-gain

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

VERSE 4:
I'm gonna find me a [C#5] mountain, I'm gonna hide out
I ain't talking to [F#5] you, and I ain't coming [C#5] out
Yeah, I heard that [F#5] rumour, tell me where does it [C#5] end
It's the [B] same old blues, [A] same old blues a-[C#5]-gain

VERSE 5:
Have you heard that [C#5] rumour, that's going around
My baby's got a [F#5] man, way across [C#5] town
It's the same old [F#5] story, tell me where will it [C#5] end
Yes, I [B] heard the news, it's the [A] same old blues a-[C#5]-gain