The Old Calahan chords by Bzn

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

 E MajorE       A augmentedA     D MajorD       A augmentedA
Last night when I felt so lonely and so blue

A augmentedA         D MajorD
I was playing that old time blues

   A augmentedA        E MajorE
The blues of old Calahan.

       A augmentedA    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Well, he was born in Kentucky, far away

           D MajorD
He would be soon the famest man

  A augmentedA  E MajorE
Kentucky ever knew.

Chorus:

  A augmentedA
I took my guitar and my old country fiddle

 D MajorD           A augmentedA    E MajorE
Played me a song of the old Calahan.

  A augmentedA
He once was a star in the days of the union

D MajorD    A augmentedA       E MajorE    A augmentedA
We all know him as the old Calahan.


Verse 2:

 E MajorE      A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA
Well, he was poor with no penny to his name

 A augmentedA          D MajorD
There was sorrow and there was pain

   A augmentedA       E MajorE
But no-one was to blame.

      A augmentedA      D MajorD       A augmentedA
He went to town, just a guitar in his hands

          D MajorD
He made fortune and he got fame

  A augmentedA    E MajorE
At last he made the grade.

Chorus:

  A augmentedA
I took my guitar and my old country fiddle

 D MajorD           A augmentedA    E MajorE
Played me a song of the old Calahan.

  A augmentedA
He once was a star in the days of the union

D MajorD    A augmentedA       E MajorE    A augmentedA
We all know him as the old Calahan.


Verse 3:

 E MajorE       A augmentedA     D MajorD       A augmentedA
Last night when I felt so lonely and so blue

A augmentedA         D MajorD
I was playing that old time blues

   A augmentedA        E MajorE
The blues of old Calahan.

E MajorE     A augmentedA      D MajorD        A augmentedA
So I can tell you wherever, my best friends

 A augmentedA          D MajorD
When you're lonely, when you're blue

   A augmentedA       E MajorE
Just play it like I do.


Chorus:

  A augmentedA
I took my guitar and my old country fiddle

 D MajorD           A augmentedA    E MajorE
Played me a song of the old Calahan.

  A augmentedA
He once was a star in the days of the union

D MajorD    A augmentedA       E MajorE    A augmentedA
We all know him as the old Calahan.


Chorus:

  A augmentedA
I took my guitar and my old country fiddle

 D MajorD           A augmentedA    E MajorE
Played me a song of the old Calahan.

  A augmentedA
He once was a star in the days of the union

D MajorD    A augmentedA       E MajorE    A augmentedA
We all know him as the old Calahan.