My Blue chords by Parker McCollum

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

D Em7 C G D Em7 C G
D Em7 C G D Em7 C G
D Em7 C G D Em7 C G
D Em7 C G D Em7 C G


🎸 Verse 1:
D                      Em7              C                 G
Jackie's daddy drove a long-haul, black gravel, down hard roads
D                  Em7                     C                  G
Met his momma at a truck stop when turnin' tricks had come to blows
D                   Em7                    C                  G
Jackie never really knew that man, but his temper was all the same
D          Em7                       C                  G
Never had another damn thing but his momma and her last name, alright

🎸 Interlude:
D Em7 C G


🎸 Verse 2:
D                 Em7                C            G
Screen doors on a double-wide at the end of Anita Street
D                  Em7                      C                 G
Jackie's momma got sick that summer and the bills got hard to beat
D                Em7                  C              G
One night, after supper time, she put Jackie down to bed
D                 Em7                   N.C.
Sang him one last lullaby, put a bullet in her head


🎸 Chorus:
          D Em7 C G
Yeah, she sang
   D Em7 C G
My blue


🎸 Verse 3:
D                      Em7              C                G
Jackie started workin' pipeline, and he failed up out of school
D                     Em7              C               G
Fell in love with the white line and a girl from Vanderpool
D                        Em7                   C             G
Started runnin' with the wrong crowd, the kind Jackie always liked
D                      Em7                    C               G
Before he ever seen it comin' his way, he was runnin' for his life


🎸 Interlude:
D Em7 C G


🎸 Verse 4:
D               Em7            C                  G
Paid cash for a motel, then he turned out all the lights
D                    Em7                  C                   G
Heard a knock on the front door, yeah, he knew it didn't feel right
D               Em7               C             G
Jackie lit up a cigarette, but he didn't make a sound
D                        Em7                   C            G
Put a bullet through the drywall, and when the body hit the ground


🎸 Chorus:
         D Em7             C
Yeah, he sang (He sang, he sang)
G        D Em7             C
Yeah, he sang (He sang, he sang)
G        D Em7             C  G
Yeah, he sang (He sang, he sang)
   D        Em7      C
My blue (My blue, my blue)


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
D Em7 C G D Em7 C G
D Em7 C G D Em7 C


🎸 Verse 5:
D                 Em7             C            G
Late winter after sundown, I seen Jackie at my door
D                   Em7             C            G
Needed money and an alibi, couldn't stay here anymore
D                       Em7                    C               G
Said he never should've shot that man, but his wife came on to me
D                   Em7             C
You can't hide in a small town with blood on your sleeve


🎸 Verse 6:
D                   Em7              C             G
Jackie didn't wanna run away, but he held onto his mind
D                 Em7                C                G
He had never even been away from the limestone county lights
D                Em7                  C            G
Took a greyhound runnin' west with an apple in his sack
D                       Em7                C
Crying, lookin' out the windowpane, he was never comin' back


Out-🎸 Chorus:
   D Em7             C
He sang (He sang, he sang)
G        D Em7             C
Yeah, he sang (He sang, he sang)
G        D Em7             C  G
Yeah, he sang (He sang, he sang)
   D        Em7      C
My blue (My blue, my blue)
         D Em7             C
Yeah, he sang (He sang, he sang)
G        D Em7             C
Yeah, he sang (He sang, he sang)
G        D Em7             C  G
Yeah, he sang (He sang, he sang)
   D        Em7      C
My blue (My blue, my blue)