Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash - Home Of The Blues guitar tab

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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)

HOME OF THE BLUES (As performed by Johnny Cash, on Sun Records)

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--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...]

^ v ^ v ^

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h h q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q e e q e e q q q q

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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| Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |

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| "--If I decide to practice a / o )=\ slight movement from right |

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| nobody's business but my \ (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) |

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