James' Blues chords by Owen Temple
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Intro 1
(C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 1
James (C major) washed dishes
at a (F major) barbeque place, (G major)
5th street downtown.
(C major) He'd get his pay and go (F major) next door
to drink (G major) his money down.
I (C major) was just getting star (F major) ted playing gui (G major) tar
and I met him there. (C major)
I'd finish a song, he'd clap (F major) his hands,
no one (G major) else would.
But he didn't care (C major)
He'd yell, I'll play a (F major) whiskey river,
and I'd play (G major) it the best I could
(C major) I'd take a break, and he'd (F major) say, man,
you're (G major) really soundin' good
Shook (C major) his rough -dish washing (F major) hands,
as he (G major) said, his name's James (C major)
He'd go back to play (F major) in' that pool
every (G major) evening, same old thing (C major)
He was drinkin' (F major) away every single dollar
I (C major) played his songs
That 8,
he'd (G major) clap his hands
and make everybody smile (C major)
No (F major) wife, no kids, just a job in Austin
(C major) No tellin' how the (F major) drinkin' cost him (C major)
I haven't (G major) seen James in a while (F major)
(C major) I haven't seen James (G major) in a while (C major) (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(F major) James (C major) would ask the bar (F major) tender
for a (G major) ride home now and then
(C major) He said he lived a few (F major) blocks
down
at the (G major) Capitol Inn
Well, (C major) the bartender dropped (F major) him off
and James (G major) walked right on past (C major)
He didn't quit a walk
until (F major) he laid down
beneath (G major) a busy underpass (C major)
He was (F major) drinkin' away every single dollar
(C major) I'd play the songs that he'd holler
He'd (G major) clap his hands,
make everybody smile (C major)
No (F major) wife, no kids, just a job in Austin
(C major) No tellin' all the (F major) drinkin' cost him
I (C major) (G major) (C major) haven't (G major) seen James in a while (F major)
(C major) I (G major) haven't (C major) seen (G major) James in a while (C major)
(G major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (F major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major)
James (D major) got drunker than usu (G major) al
and (A major) ended up in jail (D major)
The owner of the bar (G major) becue place
came (A major) down and paid his bail
When they (D major) got back to the place, (G major) she said,
Now, James, (A major) I gotta let you go (D major)
James walked out that door (G major)
forever in ar (A major) rest
Nobody knows (D major)
He'd been (G major) drinking away
every single dol (D major) lar
I'd play the songs to that eight dollar
He'd (A major) clap his hands,
make everybody smile (D major)
No wife, (G major) no kids, no job in Austin
One (D major) more thing that the drink (G major) is costin' (D major)
I hadn't (A major) seen James in a while (G major) (D major)
I hadn't (A major) seen James in a while (D major)
(A major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
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James' Blues
Owen Temple
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