I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Elton John
"I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"
(Capo: 3rd. fret)
_____Intro:
A C#m D (2 times)
_____Verse: 1
[E] Don't wish it away
Don't [C#m]look at it like [D]it's for[A]ever[D] [A] [D] [A] [D]
Bet[A]ween you and [E]me I could honestly [G#m]say
That [D]things can only get [A]better[D] [A] [D] [A] [D]
And [A]while I'm a[E]way
[G#7]Dust out the demons ins[C#m]ide
[E7/B] And it won't be [A]long before you and me [E]run
To the place in our h[F#m]earts [D]where we h[E]ide [F#m7]
_____Chorus:
[E7/G#] And I [A]guess that's why they [E/G#]call it the [D]blues
Time on my [A]hands could be [E]time spent with [D]you
[A]Laughing like [E]children, living like [F#m]lovers
[A/C#]Rolling like [D]thunder under the c[B/D#]overs
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call it the [A]blues[C#m] [D]
_____Verse: 2
[E] Just stare into space
[C#m]Picture my f[D]ace in your [A]hand[D]s [A] [D] [A] [D]
[A]Live for each [E]second without hesit[G#m]ation,
and [D]never forget I'm your [A]man[D] [A] [D] [A] [D]
[A]Wait on me g[E]irl
[G#7]Cry in the night if it h[C#m]elps
[E7/B] But more than e[A]_ver I simply love [E]you
More than I l[F#m]ove__[D]life its[E]elf[F#m7]
_____Chorus:
[E7/G#] And I [A]guess that's why they [E/G#]call it the [D]blues
Time on my [A]hands could be [E]time spent with [D]you
[A]Laughing like [E]children, living like [F#m]lovers
[A/C#]Rolling like [D]thunder under the c[B/D#]overs
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call it the [A]blues[C#m] [D]
_____Harmonica solo:
E______C#m D A
[D]E__[A]___[D]_G#[A]m [D]D [A]A
[D] [A] [D] [A] [D]
_____Verse: 2 (2nd. half)
[A]Wait on me g[E]irl
[G#7]Cry in the night if it h[C#m]elps
[E7/B] But more than e[A]_ver I simply love [E]you
More than I l[F#m]ove__[D]life its[E]elf[F#m7]
_____Chorus:
[E7/G#] And I [A]guess that's why they [E/G#]call it the [D]blues
Time on my [A]hands could be [E]time spent with [D]you
[A]Laughing like [E]children, living like [F#m]lovers
[A/C#]Rolling like [D]thunder under the c[B/D#]overs
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call it the [A]blues
_____Coda:
*(Laughing like [E]children[F#m], living like [C#m]lovers)
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call it the [A]blues* (Repeat * - * once more)
[E]Ooo[F#m]_____[C#m]___
And I [D]guess that's why they [D/E]call it the [A]blues
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