1989 Blues chords by Daniel Johnston

Chords with lyrics

E minorEm      FF
I've got the worried blues,
         E minorEm
And I don't know what to do.
FF         D MajorD
It seems my dreams
            G+G
Have been tarnished by events.

         G+G
And I think of you
               FF
and I hope that we aren't done.
E minorEm
You're the one I need
D MajorD             G+G
To get me through a lonely lifetime.

         G+G
Some of the things they said
                FF
Well, they might have been true
E minorEm        D MajorD        G+G
But I really don't appreciate it so much.

(Strike the G+G chord like 7 or 8 times at the end)

C majorC                  E minorEm
Just yesterday I had so much to say.
FF                  D MajorD
Seemed like people wanted to listen.
               E minorEm         G2
But now today nobody wants to have a thing to do with me~~~.

(Strike G2 chord throughout the "me.")


       G+G
And I'm so sad.
               FF
Everything has turned out bad.
E minorEm
I tried so hard,
D MajorD           G+G
But goofed up somehow.

            G+G
I just want you to know
             FF
I didn't mean no harm on purpose.
D MajorD               E minorEm
But they turned it into a circus
        G+G
Just to put me down

           G+G
But I'm still around.
                FF
Maybe I'll have another chance.
D MajorD        E minorEm
To turn the tables
            G+G
And be a hero in the end

(Strike the G+G chord like 7 or 8 times at the end)

C majorC                  E minorEm
Just yesterday I had so much to say.
FF                  D MajorD
Seemed like people wanted to listen.
               E minorEm         G2
But now today nobody wants to have a thing to do with me~~~.

(Strike G2 chord throughout the "me.")


E minorEm
And so I'm singin'
        FF
The 1989 blues.
E minorEm             D MajorD
But I'm lookin' forward to:
              G+G
A augmentedA better future for me and you.

E minorEm
And now comes,
           FF
The end of this song.
E minorEm                      D MajorD
Some of the things I did might have been wrong
                   G+G  E minorEm
But it's only because I was out of my mind.

       G2 FF G+G
The 1989 Blues

(At the end, play the G2 a few times rapidly, then switch to an FF and end on a G.)


Edits/corrections are very welcome. I'm not 100% on this. Enjoy!