#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir) HOME OF THE BLUES (As performed by Johnny Cash, on Sun Records) ================= --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 ^ ||-7--5-|-4-2-0-----------|-----------------|----0-0-----0-0-|--0----------|| ||------|-------3-2-0-----|-----------------|----0-0-----0-0-|--0----------|| ||------|-------------2-1-|-----------------|----0-1-----0-1-|--1----------|| ||------|-----------------|-4-2-0-----------|----2-2-----2-2-|--2----------|| ||------|-----------------|-------4-2-0-----|---------2------|--2----------|| ||------|-----------------|-------------4-2-|-0--------------|--0--0--2--4-|| 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-- = *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* | Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) | * ------------------------------- _-^-_ ------------------------------- * | "--If I decide to practice a / o )=\ slight movement from right | * to left . . . or from left { /===} to right . . . it's * | nobody's business but my \ (=o=/ own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) | *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*