Key: D
Introduction:
D G C G
Mystery is following me down that lonesome road
D G D G
And I don't know my way, my way back home
D Em C G
Someone on my shoulder and he will not share a load
D G D G D G
And I don't know my way, my way back home
verse 2
D A
There's a certain something deep inside
Em G
Like a rolling sea or a river wide
D G
And the orchestra starts playing
D G
Get down Joe
verse 3
D A
You can see his face, you can feel his smile
C G
Put your head down low and let those tears run wild
D
When the orchestra starts playing
D
Blue John's Blues
PRE Chorus
A D A
Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said
D F#m A D G
I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that we do
G
While the folks around me sing on
D
Blue John's Blues
F C#m C D Bm
Band is swinging, people singing
D
Get down Joe
F
Get down Joe
G
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
G
Would you get back Joe
D
Oh Lord get back Joe
SOLO
D G D
verse 4
D A
There's a place down home where people meet
C G
They clap their hands and they stamp their feet
D G
When the orchestra starts and the band playing
D
Get down Joe
VERSE 5
D A
They sing out loud and they sing out clear
C G
Turn your head round girl and you might just hear
D G
If you do then start down singing
D
Blue John's Blues
PRE-Chorus
A D A
Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said
D F#m A D G
I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that you do
C G
While the folks around me sing on
D
Blue John's Blues
F C#m C D Bm
Band is swinging, people singing
D
Get down Joe
F
Get down Joe
G
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
G
Would you get back Joe
D
Oh Lord get back Joe
SOLO
D G D
BRIDGE
A
Take hold of John's blues
Must be a thousand hues
D
Blue John's Blues
C G
Get back Joe
A
Take back all of your dough
You've got no place to go
D
Blue John's Blues
C G
Get back now Joe
A
My sweetest girl that I ever had
G
She's drive any poor man bad
D
Blue John's Blues
A Em A
My Ma and my Papa said, Son
A
You'll get the KB when you're not on the run
VERSE 6
A D C G
Blue John's Blues
A
Well my lady and me we're gonna dance all night
Yeah yeah we're gonna dance until the broad broad light
D C G
Blue John's Blues
A
The sweetest girl that I ever had
G
Was guaranteed to drive a poor man bad
D
Blue John's Blues
G
Blue John Blues
D
Blue John's Blues
D
Get back Joe
D
Get back Joe
D
Get back Joe
D
Lord, get back Joe
Fade Out...