Home of the Blues Lyrics

HOME OF THE BLUES (As performed by Johnny Cash, on Sun Records)
--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:
Just around the corner there's heartache--
Down the street that losers use--
If you can wade in through the teardrops,
You'll find me at the Home of the Blues--
VERSE 2:
I walk and cry while my heartbeat
Keeps time with the drag of my shoes--
The sun never shines through this window of mine--
It's dark at the Home of the Blues--
BREAK:
Oh, but the place is filled with the sweetest mem'ries--
Mem'ries so sweet that I cry--
Dreams that I've had left me feelin' so bad,
I just want to give up and lay down and die--
VERSE 3:
So if you've just lost your sweetheart,
And it seems there's no good way to choose--
Come along with me, mis'ry loves company--
You're welcome at the Home of the Blues--
LEAD TACIT--
VERSE 1 / CODA:
Just around the corner there's heartache--
Down the street that losers use--
If you can wade in through the teardrops,
You'll find me at the Home of the Blues--
Yeh, you're gonna find me at the Home of the Blues-- =
| Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |
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