Laughin Blues Chords by Leon Redbone

[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ Me took [Eb] out my [Bb] telephone and all [Eb] my friends [F] have turned to [Bb] _ _ waffles.
_ _ _ [Eb] My dad has left me flat and the greyhounds washed [A] my [Bb] hats again. _
_ _ _ I [B] _ [F] cashed my monthly check and some [A] rowdy stole my four [Bb] week's pay.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [B] [Bb] It rained all the night and [Eb] my shoes were soaking [A] on [Gm] my feet.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ I [Eb] walked through the door and found the landlord put my [A] clothes [Bb] out in the street. _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] [F] There's got to be a way [Cm] to break this heart [Bb] of mine.
_ _ _ _ Then I said I'm gonna sigh, _ cry, I'm gonna throw myself away to the powder site.
I [Eb] got wounds so bad my aching heart is filled [Bb] with pain. _ _ _
_ [Db] [F] But before I go and say [C] this thought came through my [F] _ [D] brain.
_ [G] _
[A] I've [B] got [C] the _ life in blue. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Take it myself and cry my sorrow until [G] [C] now I'm blue. _
_ _ _ [A] I [G] never get to be [C] but I've got [G] this [C] life in blue. _ _
_ _ [G] [C] I've got this life in blue.
_ _ Life _ in blue.
_ [F] Take it myself and cry my sorrow until [C] now I'm blue.
I'm _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ so bad but [C] I've [G] got this [C] life in blue. _
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