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I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues

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Intro:
 
[A] [C#m] [D] [A] [C#m] [D]
Verse: 1
 
[E] Don't wish it away
Don't [C#m]look at it like [D]it's for[A]forever[D]ever [A] [D] [A] [D]
Bet[A]Between you and [E]me I could honestly [G#m]say
That [D]things can only get [A]better[D]better [A] [D] [A] [D]
And [A]while I'm a[E]away
[G#7]Dust out the demons ins[C#m]inside
[E7/B] And it won't be [A]long before you and me [E]run
To the place in our h[F#m]hearts [D]where we h[E]hide [F#m7]
 
Chorus:
 
[E7/G#] And I [A]guess that's why they [E/G#]call it the [D]blues
Time on my [A]hands could be [E]time spent with [D]you
[A]Laughing like [E]children, living like [F#m]lovers
[A/C#]Rolling like [D]thunder under the c[B/D#]covers
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call it the [A]blues[C#m]blues [D]
 
Verse: 2
 
[E] Just stare into space
[C#m]Picture my f[D]face in your [A]hand[D]hands [A] [D] [A] [D]
[A]Live for each [E]second without hesit[G#m]hesitation,
and [D]never forget I'm your [A]man[D]man [A] [D] [A] [D]
[A]Wait on me g[E]girl
[G#7]Cry in the night if it h[C#m]helps
[E7/B] But more than e[A]e_ver I simply love [E]you
More than I l[F#m]ove__[D]life its[E]elf [F#m7]
 
Chorus:
 
[E7/G#] And I [A]guess that's why they [E/G#]call it the [D]blues
Time on my [A]hands could be [E]time spent with [D]you
[A]Laughing like [E]children, living like [F#m]lovers
[A/C#]Rolling like [D]thunder under the c[B/D#]covers
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call it the [A]blues[C#m]blues [D]
 
Harmonica solo:
 
[E] [C#m] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A]
[E] [G#m] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D] [A] [D]
 
Verse: 2
 
[A]Wait on me g[E]girl
[G#7]Cry in the night if it h[C#m]helps
[E7/B] But more than e[A]e_ver I simply love [E]you
More than I l[F#m]ove__[D]life its[E]elf [F#m7]
 
Chorus:
 
[E7/G#] And I [A]guess that's why they [E/G#]call it the [D]blues
Time on my [A]hands could be [E]time spent with [D]you
[A]Laughing like [E]children, living like [F#m]lovers
[A/C#]Rolling like [D]thunder under the c[B/D#]covers
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call it the [A]blues
 
Coda:
 
*(Laughing like [E]children[F#m]children, living like [C#m]lovers)
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call
it the [A]blues* (Repeat * - * once more)
[E] [F#m] [C#m] [D] [D/E] [A]
And I guess that's why they call it the blues

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