East Chicago Blues chords by The Special Consensus

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
E minorEm
*chord is picked


Verse 1:
E minorEm
There's no work back in the hills of West Kentucky
                     A augmentedA
Only what'll break your back or kill your brain
                  D MajorD         A augmentedA
There's no place in Illinois for a hard-eyed country boy
E minorEm       G+G        A augmentedA        E minorEm
Busted dream or two and he'll be on a southbound train

Verse 2:
E minorEm
Well I traced the path my brothers laid before me
                   A augmentedA
Swapped the records for the oil on my shoes
                    D MajorD         A augmentedA
Now my eyes burn from the sting and the fidddle haunts my dreams
    E minorEm         G+G           A augmentedA      E minorEm
And the lonely song that's playing is called the East Chicago Blues


Chorus 1:
E minorEm    A augmentedA           E minorEm
Can't you see the dusty northern skies
                     B7B7
Can't you hear the freight trains rolling through
     E minorEm              A augmentedA
When your heartaches never end and you can't go home again
        G+G       A augmentedA      E minorEm
You know you're sinking in the East Chicago Blues


Instrumental:
|A augmentedA   |A augmentedA   |E minorEm   |E minorEm   |A augmentedA   |A augmentedA   |B7B7   |B7B7
|E minorEm   |E minorEm   |A augmentedA    |A augmentedA    |G+G   |G+G   |B7B7   |A augmentedA
| E minorEm  |E minorEm   |A augmentedA    |A augmentedA
 **Each chord is a 4-count


Verse 3:
E minorEm
These hands of mine are cut from hauling timber
                          A augmentedA
And a thousand barrels roll 'cross the steam house floor
                     D MajorD         A augmentedA
Oh and these hands make a fire when they grip the wood and wire
     E minorEm       G+G           A augmentedA    E minorEm
This old mandolin makes music like no one has heard before

Verse 4:
E minorEm
And each evening as the sun slips down the skyline
                    A augmentedA
I send some lonesome blues into in the night
           G+G    D MajorD       C majorC N.C.
Somewhere beyond the skies I see a curtain rise
   E minorEm      G+G              E minorEm
And a West Kentucky farm boy steps out into the light


Chorus 2:
E minorEm    A augmentedA             E minorEm
Can't you hear the hard times in his song
       A augmentedA         B7B7
You can tell that he's paid his dues
E minorEm                 A augmentedA
That Kentucky boy was made back in 1933
   G+G        A augmentedA      E minorEm
Just knee-deep in the East Chicago Blues


Chorus 3:
E minorEm    A augmentedA           E minorEm
Can't you see the dusty northern skies
                     B7B7
Can't you hear the freight trains rolling through
     E minorEm              A augmentedA
When your heartaches never end and you can't go home again
          G+G                 A augmentedA
When you worry yourself away like a string wound up to break
           D MajorD          A augmentedA
Oh that's the kind of blues you may never shake
          G+G         A augmentedA
And you know you're sinking, oh you're drowning
     A augmentedA      E minorEm
In these East Chicago Blues