J.J. Cale, I Got The Same Old Blues (1974)
Key: :[Ab] (w: J.J. Cale)
INTRO: [over VERSE]
VERSE 1:
Have you heard that
[Ab5] rumour, that's going around
My baby's got a
[Db5] man, way across
[Ab5] town
It's the same old
[Db5] story, tell me where will it
[Ab5] end
Yes, I
[Gb] heard the news, it's the
[E] same old blues a-
[Ab5]-gain
VERSE 2:
When I wrote you a
[Ab5] letter, you must have read it wrong
I stood at your
[Db5] doorway, but you was
[Ab5] gone
I took a lot of
[Db5] courage, let the telephone
[Ab5] ring
It's the
[Gb] same old blues,
[E] same old blues a-
[Ab5]-gain
VERSE 3:
When you give me the
[Ab5] business, you know I get a mind
'Cause I've got a lot of
[Db5] patience, and I've got a lot of
[Ab5] time
It's the same old
[Db5] story, tell me where does it
[Ab5] end
It's the
[Gb] same old blues,
[E] same old blues a-
[Ab5]-gain
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
VERSE 4:
I'm gonna find me a
[Ab5] mountain, I'm gonna hide out
I ain't talking to
[Db5] you, and I ain't coming
[Ab5] out
Yeah, I heard that
[Db5] rumour, tell me where does it
[Ab5] end
It's the
[Gb] same old blues,
[E] same old blues a-
[Ab5]-gain
VERSE 5:
Have you heard that
[Ab5] rumour, that's going around
My baby's got a
[Db5] man, way across
[Ab5] town
It's the same old
[Db5] story, tell me where will it
[Ab5] end
Yes, I
[Gb] heard the news, it's the
[E] same old blues a-
[Ab5]-gain
