------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Blue John`s Blues ************************** Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971) ************************************************************* Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning = Standard VERSE 1 ******** D G C G Mystery is following me down that lonesome road D G D G And I don`t know my way, my way back home D Em C G Someone on my shoulder and he will not share a load D G D G D G And I don`t know my way, my way back home
---------------------------- VERSE 2 ******** D A There`s a certain something deep inside Em G Like a rolling sea or a river wide D G And the orchestra starts playing D G Get down Joe ---------------------------- VERSE 3 ******** D A You can see his face, you can feel his smile C G Put your head down low and let those tears run wild D g When the orchestra starts playing D Blue John`s Blues ---------------------------- PRE CHORUS *********** A D A Think about me, girl, and the things I ain`t said D F#m A D G I could not be sad, thinkin` `bout the things that we do G While the folks around me sing on D Blue John`s Blues ---------------------------- CHORUS ******* F C#m C D Bm Band is swinging, people singing D Get down Joe F Get down Joe G Get down Joe D Get down Joe D Get down Joe G Would you get back Joe D Oh Lord get back Joe ---------------------------- SOLO ***** D G D ---------------------------- VERSE 4 ******** D A There`s a place down home where people meet C G They clap their hands and they stamp their feet D G When the orchestra starts and the band playing D Get down Joe ---------------------------- VERSE 5 ******** D A They sing out loud and they sing out clear C G Turn your head round girl and you might just hear D G If you do then start down singing D Blue John`s Blues ---------------------------- PRE CHORUS *********** A D A Think about me, girl, and the things I ain`t said D F#m A D G I could not be sad, thinkin` `bout the things that you do C G While the folks around me sing on D Blue John`s Blues ---------------------------- CHORUS ******* F C#m C D Bm Band is swinging, people singing D Get down Joe F Get down Joe G Get down Joe D Get down Joe D Get down Joe G Would you get back Joe D Oh Lord get back Joe ---------------------------- SOLO ***** D G D ---------------------------- BRIDGE ******* A Take hold of John`s blues Must be a thousand hues D Blue John`s Blues C G Get back Joe A Take back all of your dough You`ve got no place to go D Blue John`s Blues C G Get back now Joe A My sweetest girl that I ever had G She`s drive any poor man bad D Blue John`s Blues C G A Em A My Ma and my Papa said, Son A You`ll get the KB when you`re not on the run ---------------------------- VERSE 6 ******** A D C G Blue John`s Blues A Well my lady and me we`re gonna dance all night Yeah yeah we`re gonna dance until the broad broad light D C G Blue John`s Blues A The sweetest girl that I ever had G Was guaranteed to drive a poor man bad D Blue John`s Blues G Blue John Blues D Blue John`s Blues D Get back Joe D Get back Joe D Get back Joe D Lord, get back Joe Fade Out.................. ENJOY............
"Blue Johns Blues" is a song off of English prog-rock group Barclay James Harvest´s third studio album, "Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories"."Blue Johns Blues" and the album was released in 1971.