Wintertime Blues chords by John Hiatt

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G G7G7 C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G

Verse:
G+G
I've been too long with my nose in a book
                   G7G7
I hope you sing just as good as you look
C majorC                  G+G
Come on over baby, I got a song for you
D7D7                      G+G
A augmentedA little jump of something I call wintertime blues
G+G
I wanna hear those mockingbird wings
           G7G7
I want gravy on everything
C majorC                     G+G
Lovin' in the kitchen, what have we got to lose
D7D7                    G+G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues
G+G
Cold as snot with a big frozen smile
               G7G7
Ain't foolin' nobody after a while
C majorC                       G+G
Time to let the cat out, I've got a real short fuse
D7D7                       G7G7
I'm just about to blow up these ol' wintertime blues, blow a while

Instrumental:
G+G G7G7 C majorC G+G D7D7 G+G

Bridge:
C majorC
There's no spring There was never any spring
                              G+G
Spring's a long gone thing There won't ever be a spring no more
C majorC
At least that's the way it feels when your
C majorC
Skin is cracked and peeled and you've been livin' under
C majorC
Sixty pounds of blanket and the snow's drifting up to your window
C majorC                         C majorC C#C#  D MajorD
And you're out of firewood and the wolf is howling at your door

Verse:
G+G
Three hours of day light and all of them gray
G+G                    G7G7
The suicide prevention group has all run away
C majorC                          G+G
I'm runnin' out of groceries, I ain't got no rubber shoes
D7D7                     G+G
Bring the bacon baby, I got the wintertime blues
G+G
I could cut a hole in the floor
G+G                G7G7
Catch you a fish by a quarter to four
C majorC                            G+G
But I'm stuck up this mountain where I got a bird's eye view
D7D7                       G+G
Of couple more months of these ol' wintertime blues
       G+G  G+G
And it's a one, two, my lips are turning blue
C majorC                   G+G
Come on over baby what have we got to lose
D7D7                    G+G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues
       G+G   G+G
And it's three, four, I'm stiff as Al Gore
C majorC                   G+G
Come on over baby what have we got to lose
D7D7                    G+G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues
            G+G  G+G
Well, it's the same old drill
  G+G       G+G
For Punxsutawney Phil
   G+G
If he sees his own shadow
       G+G
I'm shootin' to kill
C majorC               G+G
Come on over baby, I stand accused
D7D7
There's a man going crazy up here
           G+G  G+G G7/B C7C7 C#dim7C#dim7 D7sus4D7sus4 Ab7Ab7 G7G7
With the wintertime blues