The Meaning of the Blues chords by Joe Bonamassa

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Dsus4
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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (A major) Do you
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know what it means to  (E minor)  (A major) walk alone?
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 (E minor) And  (A major) what it means to be,  (F sharp minor) 
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be by  (B major) your (B minor) self?
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 (E minor) Do you know what it means  (Dsus4) when     there's  (C major) 
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no one to bring you good news (G major) ?
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 (E minor) Then you know, you know the  (B minor) meaning  (E minor) of the blues  (B flat major) 
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 (B major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B flat major)  (B major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (B flat major)  (A major)  (E minor) 

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Verse 2

Do you know what it means

to cry alone?

And what it means to cry by yourself?

Do you know what it means to love a

woman you can't own?

If you do, then you know the meaning of the blues

Verse 3
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 (B flat major) 
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Am 
 (A major) I've been weeping and  (A minor) weeping,
Moaning and moaning,
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Crying and sighing all the  (A major) day
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 (A minor) I've been  (E minor) hiding my tears
Feel like dying
Wishing love would come to stay
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 (G major) And do you know what it means
when the lord is taken away?
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 (B major) I cry, oh  (C major) I  cry
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Oh I cry  (B flat major) everyday

Interlude 1
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) 

Verse 4
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Yes I  (A major) know what it means
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to  (E minor) walk  (A major) alone  (E minor) 
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And  (A major) how it feels to  (F sharp minor) walk by  (B major) myself
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C 
 (E minor) Yes I know what it means  (G major) to  (C major) love a
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woman you can?t  (G major) own
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 (E minor) Yes I do,
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I know the  (B major) meaning of  (E minor) the blues
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 (B flat major) Yes  (G major) I know  (E minor) the meaning
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of the blues  (B flat major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (B flat major) 
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 (G major) Woo-hoo  (E minor) 