Home of The Blues
by Johnny Cash · posted by aussie_sam_cash
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
VERSE 1:
Just around the corner there's heartache--
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 6 5
Down the street that losers use--
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 6
If you can wade in through the teardrops,
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 6 5
You'll find me at the Home of the Blues--
4 5 5 5 5 -5 -5 -4 4
VERSE 2:
I walk and cry while my heartbeats
6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 6 5
Keeps time with the drag of my shoes--
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 6 5
The sun never shines through this window of mine--
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 5 -4
It's dark at the Home of the Blues--
4 5 5 5 -5 -5 -4 4
VERSE 3
Oh, but the place is filled with the sweetest mem'ries--
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -5 -5 5 4
Mem'ries so sweet that I cry--
-6 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 5
Dreams that I've had left me feelin' so bad,
4 4 4 -4 -4 -4 5 5 -4 4
I just want to give up and lay down and die--
4 4 4 4 -4 -4 -5 -5 5 -4 4
VERSE4:
So if you've just lost your sweetheart,
6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 6 5
And it seems there's no good way to choose-
6 6 6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 5
Come along with me, mis'ry loves company--
5 5 5 5 -5 -5 -5 6 -5 5 4
You're welcome at the Home of the Blues--
4 5 5 5 5 -5 -5 -4 4
REPEAT
Just around the corner there's heartache--
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 6 5
Down the street that losers use--
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 6
If you can wade in through the teardrops,
6 6 6 6 -6 -6 6 5
You'll find me at the Home of the Blues--
4 5 5 5 5 -5 -5 -4 4
Yeh, you're gonna find me at the Home of the Blues--
4 5 5 5 5 5 5 -5 -5 -4 4