Chords for Learnin' The Blues
Tempo:
84.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
C
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [Am]
[G] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [G#] [Am]
[D] [G]
[C] [Cm]
[A] [G] [C] [Bm]
[Fm] [Am] [E] [Am]
[D] [G] [A] [G]
[C] The tables [Am] are empty, [D] the dance [G] floor's [D] deserted.
[G] You play [Am] the same love song, [C]
[E] it's the tenth time you've [C] heard it.
[G]
That's the beginning, [Cm]
just one [G] o'clock.
[Bm]
You've had [A] your first lesson [Am]
[B] in the [G] [C] blue.
[G]
[F#] The [Am] cigarettes [E] you [Am] light one [G] after [Am] another
[Bm]
[F] Won't help [Am] you forget him.
[G] And the way that you [C#] love [F] him,
[G] You're [Em] [F]
[Cm] on the [G] tort you [C] can't [Bm] lose.
[E] But you're [Am] on the right [B] track [D] for a line [G] of blues.
[B] [G]
When [C] you're at [C#] home, [C] the blues [Cm] will taunt [G] you [Em] constantly.
[G] When [C] you're out in [C#] the crowd, [C]
the [D#] blues will [D] haunt your [Em] memory.
[Bm]
The nights when you [Am] [Em] don't sleep,
[Am]
[A] The whole [G] night you're crying,
But you can't [A] forget [G#] him.
[Am]
Soon [A] you'll even stop trying,
[G] You'll [C] walk the floor [Cm]
[G] without your shoes.
[A#] [E]
When you feel [Am] your heart break,
[D] You'll learn [G] in the blues.
[C]
[Am] Yes, the tables are empty, [Em]
the dance [G] floor's deserted.
[D] [Em]
[E] And you play the [Am] same love song, [E] oh [Am] yes,
[D] It's the tenth [G] time you've heard it.
Yes, man, it's [C] the beginning, [Cm]
[A] just one of [G] those clues.
[E] You've had your [A] first lesson, oh yes,
[Am] In learning the [Gm] blues.
[C] [G]
Man, [E] the cigarettes [Am] that you light, [G#] oh yes,
One after [G] [D] another,
[Bm]
[F] Won't help you to [Am] forget [E] her, oh no.
[Am]
And [A] the way [D] that you love her,
You [C] only point in [G] a [A] torch that you can't [E] lose.
[C] [G] But
[E] you're on [A] the right track, brother,
[G]
[A] For learning the [C] blues.
[D] [G]
When you're at home alone,
[Cm] The blues will taunt you [G] constantly.
[Em] [B]
[G] But this isn't when you're [C#] out in the [C] crowd,
The [Am] blues will haunt your [D] memories.
[E] [Am] The [C]
nights [A] when you don't [G#] sleep,
[G] The whole night you're crying,
[A] [Bm] [E] But you can't forget her, oh [B] yes.
[Am] [D] Soon you'll even [B] stop trying,
Man, [G]
you'll [C] walk the floor,
And wear [F] out your [A] shoes,
[F#] [G] [E] When you feel [Am] your heart break,
[Em] Yeah, brother, [C] that's when you're [D] learning the blues.
[B] [G] Yes, when you're at [C#] home alone,
[C] The blues [A] will taunt you [G]
constantly.
But this isn't when you're out in the crowd,
The blues will [Am] haunt your memories.
[B] But [B] this isn't the nights when you [Am] don't sleep,
[A] The whole [G]
night you're crying,
[E] Yeah, but you [Em] can't forget her,
[Am] Soon [G] you'll even stop trying,
[D#] [Fm] Yes, [C] man, you'll walk the floor,
That's when it's [Cm] rough,
And wear out [G] that last pair of [D] treaders,
[Em] [E] When you [Am] feel your heart [E] break,
Yeah, [Am] that's when [G] you're learning the blues.
[G] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [G#] [Am]
[D] [G]
[C] [Cm]
[A] [G] [C] [Bm]
[Fm] [Am] [E] [Am]
[D] [G] [A] [G]
[C] The tables [Am] are empty, [D] the dance [G] floor's [D] deserted.
[G] You play [Am] the same love song, [C]
[E] it's the tenth time you've [C] heard it.
[G]
That's the beginning, [Cm]
just one [G] o'clock.
[Bm]
You've had [A] your first lesson [Am]
[B] in the [G] [C] blue.
[G]
[F#] The [Am] cigarettes [E] you [Am] light one [G] after [Am] another
[Bm]
[F] Won't help [Am] you forget him.
[G] And the way that you [C#] love [F] him,
[G] You're [Em] [F]
[Cm] on the [G] tort you [C] can't [Bm] lose.
[E] But you're [Am] on the right [B] track [D] for a line [G] of blues.
[B] [G]
When [C] you're at [C#] home, [C] the blues [Cm] will taunt [G] you [Em] constantly.
[G] When [C] you're out in [C#] the crowd, [C]
the [D#] blues will [D] haunt your [Em] memory.
[Bm]
The nights when you [Am] [Em] don't sleep,
[Am]
[A] The whole [G] night you're crying,
But you can't [A] forget [G#] him.
[Am]
Soon [A] you'll even stop trying,
[G] You'll [C] walk the floor [Cm]
[G] without your shoes.
[A#] [E]
When you feel [Am] your heart break,
[D] You'll learn [G] in the blues.
[C]
[Am] Yes, the tables are empty, [Em]
the dance [G] floor's deserted.
[D] [Em]
[E] And you play the [Am] same love song, [E] oh [Am] yes,
[D] It's the tenth [G] time you've heard it.
Yes, man, it's [C] the beginning, [Cm]
[A] just one of [G] those clues.
[E] You've had your [A] first lesson, oh yes,
[Am] In learning the [Gm] blues.
[C] [G]
Man, [E] the cigarettes [Am] that you light, [G#] oh yes,
One after [G] [D] another,
[Bm]
[F] Won't help you to [Am] forget [E] her, oh no.
[Am]
And [A] the way [D] that you love her,
You [C] only point in [G] a [A] torch that you can't [E] lose.
[C] [G] But
[E] you're on [A] the right track, brother,
[G]
[A] For learning the [C] blues.
[D] [G]
When you're at home alone,
[Cm] The blues will taunt you [G] constantly.
[Em] [B]
[G] But this isn't when you're [C#] out in the [C] crowd,
The [Am] blues will haunt your [D] memories.
[E] [Am] The [C]
nights [A] when you don't [G#] sleep,
[G] The whole night you're crying,
[A] [Bm] [E] But you can't forget her, oh [B] yes.
[Am] [D] Soon you'll even [B] stop trying,
Man, [G]
you'll [C] walk the floor,
And wear [F] out your [A] shoes,
[F#] [G] [E] When you feel [Am] your heart break,
[Em] Yeah, brother, [C] that's when you're [D] learning the blues.
[B] [G] Yes, when you're at [C#] home alone,
[C] The blues [A] will taunt you [G]
constantly.
But this isn't when you're out in the crowd,
The blues will [Am] haunt your memories.
[B] But [B] this isn't the nights when you [Am] don't sleep,
[A] The whole [G]
night you're crying,
[E] Yeah, but you [Em] can't forget her,
[Am] Soon [G] you'll even stop trying,
[D#] [Fm] Yes, [C] man, you'll walk the floor,
That's when it's [Cm] rough,
And wear out [G] that last pair of [D] treaders,
[Em] [E] When you [Am] feel your heart [E] break,
Yeah, [Am] that's when [G] you're learning the blues.
Key:
G
Am
C
A
E
G
Am
C
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
[C] The tables [Am] are empty, _ _ [D] the dance [G] floor's [D] deserted. _ _
[G] You play [Am] the same love song, [C] _
[E] it's the tenth time you've [C] heard it.
[G] _
_ _ That's the beginning, _ [Cm] _
just one [G] o'clock.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ You've had [A] your first lesson [Am] _
_ [B] in the [G] _ [C] blue.
_ [G] _
[F#] The _ [Am] cigarettes [E] you [Am] light one _ [G] after [Am] another
[Bm] _
[F] Won't help [Am] you forget him. _
[G] And the way that you [C#] love [F] him,
_ _ [G] You're _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
[Cm] on the [G] tort you [C] can't [Bm] lose.
[E] But you're [Am] on the right [B] track [D] for a line [G] of blues.
[B] _ _ [G] _
When [C] you're at [C#] home, [C] the blues [Cm] will taunt [G] you [Em] constantly. _ _
[G] When [C] you're out in [C#] the crowd, [C]
the [D#] blues will [D] haunt your [Em] memory.
_ [Bm]
The nights when you [Am] _ [Em] don't sleep,
[Am] _
[A] The whole [G] night you're crying, _
But you can't [A] forget [G#] him.
_ [Am] _
Soon [A] you'll even stop trying, _ _
[G] _ You'll [C] walk the floor _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] without your shoes.
[A#] _ [E] _
When you feel [Am] your heart break, _
[D] You'll learn [G] in the blues.
[C] _ _
[Am] Yes, the tables are empty, [Em] _ _ _
the dance [G] floor's deserted.
[D] _ _ [Em] _
[E] And you play the [Am] same love song, [E] oh [Am] yes,
_ [D] It's the tenth [G] time you've heard it.
_ Yes, _ man, it's [C] the beginning, _ _ _ [Cm] _
[A] just one of [G] those clues. _ _ _
[E] You've had your [A] first lesson, oh yes,
[Am] In learning the [Gm] blues.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
Man, [E] the cigarettes [Am] that you light, [G#] oh yes, _
One after [G] _ [D] another,
_ _ [Bm] _
[F] Won't help you to [Am] forget [E] her, oh no.
[Am]
And [A] the way [D] that you love her, _ _
You [C] only point in _ [G] a [A] torch that you can't [E] lose.
[C] [G] But _
[E] you're on [A] the right track, brother,
_ _ _ [G]
[A] For learning the [C] blues.
_ [D] _ [G] _ _
When you're at home alone,
[Cm] The blues will taunt you [G] constantly.
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[G] But this isn't when you're [C#] out in the [C] crowd,
The [Am] blues will haunt your [D] memories.
[E] _ _ [Am] The [C]
nights [A] when you don't [G#] sleep,
_ [G] The whole night you're crying,
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] But you can't forget her, oh [B] yes.
[Am] _ [D] Soon you'll even [B] stop trying,
_ _ Man, [G]
you'll [C] walk the floor,
_ _ And wear [F] out your [A] shoes,
_ [F#] _ [G] _ [E] When you feel [Am] your heart break,
[Em] Yeah, brother, [C] that's when you're [D] learning the blues.
[B] _ [G] _ _ Yes, _ when you're at [C#] home alone,
[C] The blues [A] will taunt you [G]
constantly.
_ _ _ But this isn't when you're out in the crowd,
The blues will [Am] haunt your _ memories.
[B] But [B] this isn't the nights when you [Am] don't sleep,
_ _ [A] _ The whole [G]
night you're crying,
_ [E] Yeah, but you [Em] can't forget her,
[Am] _ Soon _ [G] you'll even stop trying,
[D#] _ _ [Fm] Yes, [C] man, you'll walk the floor,
That's when it's [Cm] rough,
And wear out [G] that last pair of [D] treaders,
_ [Em] _ [E] When you [Am] feel your heart [E] break,
Yeah, [Am] _ that's when [G] you're learning the blues. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
[C] The tables [Am] are empty, _ _ [D] the dance [G] floor's [D] deserted. _ _
[G] You play [Am] the same love song, [C] _
[E] it's the tenth time you've [C] heard it.
[G] _
_ _ That's the beginning, _ [Cm] _
just one [G] o'clock.
_ _ [Bm] _
_ You've had [A] your first lesson [Am] _
_ [B] in the [G] _ [C] blue.
_ [G] _
[F#] The _ [Am] cigarettes [E] you [Am] light one _ [G] after [Am] another
[Bm] _
[F] Won't help [Am] you forget him. _
[G] And the way that you [C#] love [F] him,
_ _ [G] You're _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
[Cm] on the [G] tort you [C] can't [Bm] lose.
[E] But you're [Am] on the right [B] track [D] for a line [G] of blues.
[B] _ _ [G] _
When [C] you're at [C#] home, [C] the blues [Cm] will taunt [G] you [Em] constantly. _ _
[G] When [C] you're out in [C#] the crowd, [C]
the [D#] blues will [D] haunt your [Em] memory.
_ [Bm]
The nights when you [Am] _ [Em] don't sleep,
[Am] _
[A] The whole [G] night you're crying, _
But you can't [A] forget [G#] him.
_ [Am] _
Soon [A] you'll even stop trying, _ _
[G] _ You'll [C] walk the floor _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] without your shoes.
[A#] _ [E] _
When you feel [Am] your heart break, _
[D] You'll learn [G] in the blues.
[C] _ _
[Am] Yes, the tables are empty, [Em] _ _ _
the dance [G] floor's deserted.
[D] _ _ [Em] _
[E] And you play the [Am] same love song, [E] oh [Am] yes,
_ [D] It's the tenth [G] time you've heard it.
_ Yes, _ man, it's [C] the beginning, _ _ _ [Cm] _
[A] just one of [G] those clues. _ _ _
[E] You've had your [A] first lesson, oh yes,
[Am] In learning the [Gm] blues.
_ [C] _ _ [G]
Man, [E] the cigarettes [Am] that you light, [G#] oh yes, _
One after [G] _ [D] another,
_ _ [Bm] _
[F] Won't help you to [Am] forget [E] her, oh no.
[Am]
And [A] the way [D] that you love her, _ _
You [C] only point in _ [G] a [A] torch that you can't [E] lose.
[C] [G] But _
[E] you're on [A] the right track, brother,
_ _ _ [G]
[A] For learning the [C] blues.
_ [D] _ [G] _ _
When you're at home alone,
[Cm] The blues will taunt you [G] constantly.
[Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[G] But this isn't when you're [C#] out in the [C] crowd,
The [Am] blues will haunt your [D] memories.
[E] _ _ [Am] The [C]
nights [A] when you don't [G#] sleep,
_ [G] The whole night you're crying,
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] But you can't forget her, oh [B] yes.
[Am] _ [D] Soon you'll even [B] stop trying,
_ _ Man, [G]
you'll [C] walk the floor,
_ _ And wear [F] out your [A] shoes,
_ [F#] _ [G] _ [E] When you feel [Am] your heart break,
[Em] Yeah, brother, [C] that's when you're [D] learning the blues.
[B] _ [G] _ _ Yes, _ when you're at [C#] home alone,
[C] The blues [A] will taunt you [G]
constantly.
_ _ _ But this isn't when you're out in the crowd,
The blues will [Am] haunt your _ memories.
[B] But [B] this isn't the nights when you [Am] don't sleep,
_ _ [A] _ The whole [G]
night you're crying,
_ [E] Yeah, but you [Em] can't forget her,
[Am] _ Soon _ [G] you'll even stop trying,
[D#] _ _ [Fm] Yes, [C] man, you'll walk the floor,
That's when it's [Cm] rough,
And wear out [G] that last pair of [D] treaders,
_ [Em] _ [E] When you [Am] feel your heart [E] break,
Yeah, [Am] _ that's when [G] you're learning the blues. _