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Home Of The Blues
Johnny Cash

--4/4 // Key of E // Moderately
--"bum-chicky" country feel, of course (alternate bass)
--"transcr./arr." tcg, '93, '94

INTRO:
[ ad . . . . . lib . . . . . feel . . . .]  [BUM-chicky tempo...]
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VERSE 1:
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Just around the corner there's heartache--
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Down the street that losers use--
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If you can wade in through the teardrops,
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You'll find me at the Home of the Blues--

VERSE 2:
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I walk and cry while my heartbeat
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Keeps time with the drag of my shoes--
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The sun never shines through this window of mine--
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It's dark at the Home of the Blues--

BREAK:
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Oh, but the place is filled with the sweetest mem'ries--
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Mem'ries so sweet that I cry--
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Dreams that I've had left me  feelin' so bad,
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I just want to give up and lay down and die--

VERSE 3:
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So if you've just lost your sweetheart,
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And it seems there's no good way to choose--
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Come along with me, mis'ry loves company--
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You're welcome at the Home of the Blues--

LEAD TACIT--
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VERSE 1 / CODA:
AA Piano Chord 
               B7B7 Piano Chord 
             EE Piano Chord 
          EE Piano Chord 

Just around the corner there's heartache--
AA Piano Chord 
                    B7B7 Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
       EE Piano Chord 

Down the street that losers use--
AA Piano Chord 
           B7B7 Piano Chord 
              EE Piano Chord 
         EE Piano Chord 

If you can wade in through the teardrops,
AA Piano Chord 
              B7B7 Piano Chord 
           EE Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 

You'll find me at the Home of the Blues--
AA Piano Chord 
              B7B7 Piano Chord 
           EE Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 
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   EE Piano Chord 
   EE Piano Chord 

EE Piano Chord 

Yeh, you're gonna find me at the Home of the Blues--
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