Editing Floor Blues chords by 
Cat StevensYusuf Islam 
N/A
Key: Gb major•
Intro 1
F#
F#m
B
F#m
F#
B
F#
F#m
F#
F#m
F#
F#m
Verse 1
F#
F#m
I was born in the West- End
F#
In the summer of '48
Above a small Cafe
Some people liked to come
F#m
there and call it night
F#
But for me it was all day
B
Oh! Now the dogs
F#
keep a- growl in'
B
F#m
F#
Round my front door
B
F#
And the Truth howled out from
B
the edit ing floor
Interlude 1
F#m
F#
Verse 2
F#
B
Years went by
F#
Quarrymen came along
B
F#
This boy became a star
F#m
B
Then he dropped - but got up again
F#
F#m
F#
With a Black Everly guitar
B
Then he searched along the road
F#
A good song he was looking for
F#m
And the Truth sang out from
F#m
F#
the editing floor
Interlude 2
F#
B
F#
B
F#
Verse 3
F#
B
Big brother took a trip
F#
F#m
F#
As bold as he could be
F#m
B
To the place, he heard,
F#
B
Where the good Prophets used to walk
F#
High above this dark world
B
Then the Word came down
F#
B
F#
And the little brother saw
B
How the Truth was buried on the edit
F#m
B
ing floor
Interlude 3
F#
F#m
F#
F#m
Verse 4
F#
One day the papers rang us up,
F#m
F#
B
T'check if I said this?
F#
F#m
I said, "Oh boy!
F#
F#m
I'd never say that!"
F#
Then we got down to the truth of it
F#m
F#
But they never prin ted that!
B
Just like Socrates,
F#
the man from Greece
B
F#
B
F#
Fell down on his knees
B
F#
B
Said, Lord! Forgive them please
F#
B
Forgive them please
F#
B
F#
B
And he spoke no more
F#
And the cup spilled out on the editing floor
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# F#m B
F#
F#m
B
Capo: 4
Transpose: 0
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