Fellow strummers... this song is sick
peace
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Chords
F#/Gbm 244222
F#/Gbm7 242222
Badd9 x24422
E7 020100
B7 x21202
D7 xx0212
Riff 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2--4------2---------------------2--2--4------------------------|
A|---------2--4----4s2--0--------------------------------------------|
E|--2----------------------2---0---2---------------------------------|
Riff 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2--4------2----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2--4----4s2--0--------------------------------------------|
E|--2----------------------2---0-------------------------------------|
Intro
Riff1 x2
F#/Gbm F#/Gbm7
Monday looked like a downer
F#/Gbm Badd9
Tuesday looked like rain
E7
A bad altitude
B7
And I knew I needed a change
Riff 1
F#/Gbm F#/Gbm7
Head out on the highway
F#/Gbm Badd9
Cruising way down south
E7
I knew a little place
B7 Riff 1
Where I might could work it all out
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D7 B7 Riff 1
I'm so tired of fighting with myself
D7 B7 Riff1
Gonna spend a little time at the Tunica Motel
F#/Gbm F#/Gbm7
Just outside of Memphis,
F#/Gbm Badd9
Highway 61
E7 B7
Sleepy little town down by the
Riff 1
Mississippi River
F# F#/Gbm7
I'm gonna lay out on a houseboat
F#/Gbm Badd9
Until my hide turns brown
E7
Ain't gonna move 'till the
B7 Riff 1
Evening sun goes down
D7 Riff 1
Fried chicken to go and they got live bait for sale
D7 B7
Anything you need at the Tunica Motel
Riff2 x5
Riff1
F#/Gbm F#/Gbm7
I find myself at midnight
F#/Gbm Badd9
Moving to the back porch blues
E7 B7
The guitar cries, telling me
Riff 1
About the hard times
F#/Gbm F#/Gbm7
Something moves in the shadows
F#/Gbm Badd9
Giving me a little chill
E7
I thought I saw Robert Johnson
B7 Riff 1
Walking out across the field
D7 B7 Riff 1
There ain't hardly anybody left who even knows the tale
D7 B7 Riff2
Gimme the blues at the Tunica Motel
Riff2 fade to end
"The best things in life aren't things"
-John Butler Trio
