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Can't Shake These Blues chords by
Chris Smither
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Key: B major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Yeah,
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no matter how I try
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Well, I just can't shake these blues
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No matter how I try
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Well, I just can't shake
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these blues
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They're like a big black crow,
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they're flyin' after me
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They're tryin' to shake me
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out of my tree
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And they shake me through and through
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But it just don't shake these blues
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It don't shake these blues
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It seems so hard,

there's nothin' left to fight it
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Seems so easy to just let go
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It seems so dumb to

get so excited
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Dm
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This might be the last, I told you so
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Yes, it's like a cautious crapshoot
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You can't win no game
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And the dice ain't nice
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And they never re
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member my name

Well, you can shake them
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D
D

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up and shoot them

You just might win
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C

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Take your money home
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D

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and never shoot again
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C

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I shake till I lose,
D
D

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but I just can't can't
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shake these blues
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I can't shake
Verse 2
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these blues
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Interlude 1
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Yeah, you know it's kind of
Verse 3
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a clue
Verse 4
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When you finally find me alone
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Just a dark lump of shadows
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and nobody taking me home
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You know the dark is a demon
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D

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that swallows me whole
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The fear is the shadow
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that shades my soul
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Till I shake in my shoes
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but I just can't shake these blues
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I can't shake these blues
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I don't believe I'm

down in this hole again
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I don't believe I lost my way
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I believe I'll sit here trembling
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till I shiver and shake my life away

Yeah
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Cause I've been sick in my time
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and this ain't nothing new
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It's just worse than the first
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and it lasts just as long as I do
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You know I went to my doctor
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such a waste of time
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He gave me a bottle full of

dope of some kind.
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He said shake for you use,
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but it just don't shake these blues
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Don't shake
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Seems so hard
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Seems so easy to just let go
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Seems so dumb to get so excited.
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This might be the last I told you so
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No matter how I try well
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I just can't shake these blues
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I can't shake these blues
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I can't shake them
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I can't shake them

I can't shake them
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I can't shake these blues

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Bb

  • G

  • F

  • Gm

    3

  • D

  • Dm

  • Em

  • C

Capo: 4

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Can't Shake These Blues by Chris Smither is B major.

The primary chords used in Can't Shake These Blues are D, B, A, Bm, F#, F#m.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 4 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, B, A, Bm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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