A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer Chords by Thin Lizzy
Tempo:
98.3 bpm
Chords used:
B
G#m
F#
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N]
[F#] [B]
[G#m] [G] [F#]
[G#m] [B]
[G#m] In the old days, [G] I used to sing the blues I [B] had nothing to live [F#]
for, [Fm] and therefore nothing
left to lose [E] And all the time, I was [D#m] just me and my dreams
[C#] Like an old blues singer, [F#] like an old blues singer
I [G#m] had no real troubles [B] then, but I had lots of [G] friends
[F#] But friends [B] come and go, [Bm] and [B] friends should live
And [E] this old blues singer, [B] she made me whole
She don't [C#] pretend, [F#] she don't pretend
[G]
[B]
[G#m] [B]
[F#]
[G] [B]
[E] [B]
[G#m] I'd sing the story, about [G] another man's woes
[B] I'd tell the glory, [Fm] of how I took the blows
[F#]
[E] But now she's gone, gone, [D#m] gone, gone
[C#m] This old blues singer, [F#] this old blues singer
[G#m] In the old days, [G] I used to sing the blues
[B] Had to live for, so I had nothing to lose
[E] Now I know, that [B] I played my tune
[C#] Like an old blues singer, [F#] like an old blues singer
[G#m] [B]
[G#m]
[B]
[F#] [G#m] [B]
[E] [B]
[G#m]
[G]
[B]
[E]
Nothing [B] to lose
[C#]
[F#]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#m] [B]
[G#m]
[B]
[G#m] [B] [F#]
[G#m] [Bm]
[E] [B]
[G#m] The nightclub is closed [B] now, [G] everybody's gone home
[B] The band are packing up, and I'm [C#] on my [B] own
[E]
All the [G#m] time, [D#m] I [B] should [F#] have known
[C#m] This old blues singer, [F#] this old blues singer
[G#]
Knowing the old days, [G] I could sing the blues
[F#] Had nothing to [Fm] live for, but nothing to [E] lose
I don't want you to stop, [D#]
I'll [C#] just sing the blues
[F#] I'll just sing the blues
[G#] [F#] [G#m] [Bm]
[G#m] [F#]
[G#m] [G] [B]
[G#m] [F#]
[G#m] [G] [B]
[E]
[F#] [B]
[G#m] [G] [F#]
[G#m] [B]
[G#m] In the old days, [G] I used to sing the blues I [B] had nothing to live [F#]
for, [Fm] and therefore nothing
left to lose [E] And all the time, I was [D#m] just me and my dreams
[C#] Like an old blues singer, [F#] like an old blues singer
I [G#m] had no real troubles [B] then, but I had lots of [G] friends
[F#] But friends [B] come and go, [Bm] and [B] friends should live
And [E] this old blues singer, [B] she made me whole
She don't [C#] pretend, [F#] she don't pretend
[G]
[B]
[G#m] [B]
[F#]
[G] [B]
[E] [B]
[G#m] I'd sing the story, about [G] another man's woes
[B] I'd tell the glory, [Fm] of how I took the blows
[F#]
[E] But now she's gone, gone, [D#m] gone, gone
[C#m] This old blues singer, [F#] this old blues singer
[G#m] In the old days, [G] I used to sing the blues
[B] Had to live for, so I had nothing to lose
[E] Now I know, that [B] I played my tune
[C#] Like an old blues singer, [F#] like an old blues singer
[G#m] [B]
[G#m]
[B]
[F#] [G#m] [B]
[E] [B]
[G#m]
[G]
[B]
[E]
Nothing [B] to lose
[C#]
[F#]
[B]
[E]
[B]
[C#]
[F#]
[G#m] [B]
[G#m]
[B]
[G#m] [B] [F#]
[G#m] [Bm]
[E] [B]
[G#m] The nightclub is closed [B] now, [G] everybody's gone home
[B] The band are packing up, and I'm [C#] on my [B] own
[E]
All the [G#m] time, [D#m] I [B] should [F#] have known
[C#m] This old blues singer, [F#] this old blues singer
[G#]
Knowing the old days, [G] I could sing the blues
[F#] Had nothing to [Fm] live for, but nothing to [E] lose
I don't want you to stop, [D#]
I'll [C#] just sing the blues
[F#] I'll just sing the blues
[G#] [F#] [G#m] [Bm]
[G#m] [F#]
[G#m] [G] [B]
[G#m] [F#]
[G#m] [G] [B]
[E]
Key:
B
G#m
F#
G
E
B
G#m
F#
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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_ [G#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ In the old days, [G] I used to sing the blues I [B] had nothing to live [F#]
for, [Fm] and therefore nothing
left to lose _ [E] _ And all the time, I was [D#m] just me and my dreams _ _
[C#] Like an old blues singer, [F#] like an old blues singer
I [G#m] _ had no real troubles [B] then, but I had lots of [G] friends _
_ [F#] But friends [B] come and go, _ [Bm] and [B] friends should live
_ _ And [E] this old blues singer, [B] she made me whole _
_ She don't [C#] pretend, _ [F#] she don't pretend _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ I'd sing the story, _ about [G] another man's woes
[B] _ _ I'd tell the glory, _ [Fm] of how I took the blows
[F#] _
_ _ [E] But now she's gone, gone, [D#m] gone, gone _ _
_ [C#m] This old blues singer, [F#] this old blues singer
_ [G#m] _ _ In the old days, [G] I used to sing the blues
_ [B] _ _ Had to live for, _ so I had nothing to lose
_ [E] _ Now I know, that [B] I played my tune
_ [C#] Like an old blues singer, _ _ [F#] like an old blues singer
[G#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _
Nothing [B] to _ lose
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G#m] The nightclub is closed [B] now, _ [G] _ everybody's gone home
[B] _ _ The band are packing up, _ _ and I'm [C#] on my [B] own
_ [E] _ _
All the [G#m] time, [D#m] I [B] should [F#] have known
[C#m] This old blues singer, [F#] _ this old blues singer
_ _ [G#] _
_ _ Knowing the old days, [G] _ I could sing the blues _
[F#] _ _ _ Had nothing to [Fm] live for, but nothing to [E] lose
_ _ I don't want you to stop, [D#] _ _ _ _
I'll [C#] _ just sing the blues _
[F#] I'll just sing the blues
[G#] _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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_ [G#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ In the old days, [G] I used to sing the blues I [B] had nothing to live [F#]
for, [Fm] and therefore nothing
left to lose _ [E] _ And all the time, I was [D#m] just me and my dreams _ _
[C#] Like an old blues singer, [F#] like an old blues singer
I [G#m] _ had no real troubles [B] then, but I had lots of [G] friends _
_ [F#] But friends [B] come and go, _ [Bm] and [B] friends should live
_ _ And [E] this old blues singer, [B] she made me whole _
_ She don't [C#] pretend, _ [F#] she don't pretend _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ I'd sing the story, _ about [G] another man's woes
[B] _ _ I'd tell the glory, _ [Fm] of how I took the blows
[F#] _
_ _ [E] But now she's gone, gone, [D#m] gone, gone _ _
_ [C#m] This old blues singer, [F#] this old blues singer
_ [G#m] _ _ In the old days, [G] I used to sing the blues
_ [B] _ _ Had to live for, _ so I had nothing to lose
_ [E] _ Now I know, that [B] I played my tune
_ [C#] Like an old blues singer, _ _ [F#] like an old blues singer
[G#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _
Nothing [B] to _ lose
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G#m] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G#m] The nightclub is closed [B] now, _ [G] _ everybody's gone home
[B] _ _ The band are packing up, _ _ and I'm [C#] on my [B] own
_ [E] _ _
All the [G#m] time, [D#m] I [B] should [F#] have known
[C#m] This old blues singer, [F#] _ this old blues singer
_ _ [G#] _
_ _ Knowing the old days, [G] _ I could sing the blues _
[F#] _ _ _ Had nothing to [Fm] live for, but nothing to [E] lose
_ _ I don't want you to stop, [D#] _ _ _ _
I'll [C#] _ just sing the blues _
[F#] I'll just sing the blues
[G#] _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ [G] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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