Troubadour Blues chords by Mark Erelli

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G

Verse:
G+G
When I was a boy
     C majorC        G+G
I went to hear this picker play
G+G
I still recall his blue guitar
   A7A7      D MajorD
Like it was yesterday
    G+G
I was a powder keg a-waiting
    C majorC        G+G
For someone to light the fuse
G+G
He struck a match and I did catch
  D MajorD     G+G
The troubadour blues

Verse:
G+G
And when I got my first guitar
      C majorC       G+G
I played until my fingers bled
G+G
Though my parents wished that I were doing
A7A7        D MajorD
Something else instead
 G+G
I wish they'd understand
     C majorC        G+G
It isn't something I can choose
G+G
Oh mama, I was born to sing
  D MajorD     G+G
The troubadour blues

Chorus:
  C majorC         G+G
My troubadour blues, troubadour blues
D MajorD                         G+G
All you need's a simple song, three chords and the truth
   C majorC                 G+G        E minorEm
Like Hank and Woody, Townes and Jimmie Rodgers used to do
  D MajorD                        G+G
Oh lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour blues

Verse 3:
G+G
So I married me a woman
     C majorC      G+G
But she's more like a saint
G+G
She's alone two hundred nights a year
   A7A7    D MajorD
With nary a complaint
      G+G
Oh babe, I hate to leave you lonely
   C majorC       G+G
But I need to pay my dues
G+G
Forgive me while I'm gone to sing
  D MajorD     G+G
The troubadour blues

Chorus:
  C majorC         G+G
My troubadour blues, troubadour blues
D MajorD                         G+G
All you need's a simple song, three chords and the truth
   C majorC                 G+G        E minorEm
Like Hank and Woody, Townes and Jimmie Rodgers used to do
  D MajorD                        G+G
Oh lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour blues

Verse:
G+G
The same old battle's raging
C majorC        G+G
All on down the line
G+G
Why does it seem like nothing's changed
A7A7          D MajorD
Since Woody Guthrie's time?
   G+G
And I ain't afraid to sing about those things
  C majorC        G+G
You don't see on the news
 G+G
'Cause there's plenty job security
    D MajorD     G+G
In the troubadour blues

Verse:
G+G
So let me thank you Mr. President
  C majorC         G+G
To me you've been so kind
G+G
For the well of inspiration
    A7A7       D MajorD
Can dry up from time to time
       G+G
Each time you open up your mouth
      C majorC        G+G
You give me something I can use
G+G
Every day another reason
    D MajorD     G+G
For the troubadour blues

Chorus:
  C majorC         G+G
My troubadour blues, troubadour blues
D MajorD                         G+G
All you need's a simple song, three chords and the truth
   C majorC                G+G       E minorEm
Like Hank and Woody, Townes and David Carter used to do
  D MajorD                        G+G
Oh lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour blues
  D MajorD                        G+G
Oh lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour blues