Story Of The Blues chords by Gary Moore

Intro:

C  C5 D5  Am


Verse 1:

Am                  Am/G#
My baby, she left me, my baby, she's gone.
Am7/G                 Am/F#
My sweet little angel has spread her wings and flown.
Fmaj7                  E7
Can't think of a reason for going on.
      Am         Dm            Am    F9  E7#9
From this day I will play the blues.
Am                   Am/G#
She said it was over, this time it's the end.
Am7/G                    Am/F#
Now bad luck and trouble gonna be my only friend.
Am                        E7#9
I still can't believe it, after all we've been through.
       Am        Dm         Am
Every day I will play the blues.

Chorus:

C        D Am
Everybody    knows what the blues is all about.
C                                D Am
It's a pain you can't live with.
Am
It's a woman you can't live without.
F9               E7#9
She came from Chicago.
F9               E7#9
She read me the news.
        Am       C     D       C     Am          E7
In the headlines   was a story of the blues.


Verse 2:

Am                      Amadd9/G#
They say a broken heart can always mend.
Am7/G                    Am/F#
That time is the healer, and sadness will end.
Fmaj7                        E7#9
But I've done so much crying, when will I laugh again?
      Am            Dm         Am
'Til that day I will play the blues.


Chorus:

C        D Am
Everybody    knows what the blues is all about.
C                                D Am
It's a pain you can't live with.
Am
It's a woman you can't live without.
F9                  E7#9
Could have cried me a river
F9                     E7#9
when they told me the news.
   Am       C    D      C    Am        E7