Rhythm of the Blues

Intro

D A Em7 Em7 D A Em7 Em7

Verse 1

D A Em7

I can hear the rain come down, I can listen with my heart

D A Em7

I can see with both eyes closed in the dark

G D G

Sleep will come in just a while but till it does I choose

D Bm G

To listen to the rain, it's the rhythm of the blues

Verse 2

D A Em7

I walk along these streets of home that once belonged to us

D A Em7

And now baby I walk alone and I am lost

G D G

In the sound of my own footsteps on the avenues

D Bm G

I guess I'm only walking to rhythm of the blues

Bridge

F#m Bm G A F#m Bm G A

I don't wanna hear another word spoken, I don't wanna see another tear shed

F#m Bm G A C C G

I can't seem to fix what's broken, like this record baby in my head

Interlude

D A Em7 Em7 D A Em7 Em7

G D G

Lonely looks as bad on me as lonely looks on you

D Bm G

And still we keep on moving to the rhythm of the blues

Coda

D A Em7

I want a place to call my own, where you have never been

D A Em7

I wanna look around and know you won't be coming back again

G D G

On some pretense paper-thin that I can see right through

D Bm G

You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues

D Bm G

You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues

D Bm G

You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues

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(Note that the tab parts are written as if there is a capo at the fifth.

fret, since this is how John Jennings plays the song.)

Intro

(This is played twice. The notes in parentheses are probably played by the other guitar.)

C G Dm7 Dm7

e|-------s---------|----------------|----------------|----------s-----|
B|-------t---------|----------------|----------------|------1---t-----|
G|-------r-----0---|----------------|----------------|----0-----r-----|
D|-------u---02--0-|----------------|----------------|--3-------u-----|
A|-3-----m---------|----------3-2-0-|-----(0)--------|----------m-0-2-|
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------(3/5)|----------------|

Guitar Solo

(A variation: at the end of the second C measure, instead of 3-2-0, play

it like the end of the second G measure (but on the D & G strings).)

C G Dm7 Dm7

e|----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|---6|6-5------------1|1-0-----3--1--0-|010-------------|----------------|
G|--7-|7-5-----------2-|2-0-----0triplet|---2------------|------------0---|
D|----|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------------3-|
A|----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

C G Dm7 Dm7 (C)

e|-----------------|----------------|------s-------s-|------------s---|
B|-----------------|----------------|------t-------t-|------------t---|
G|-----------------|----------------|------r-------r-|------------r---|
D|-2---------3-2-0-|------------0---|------u-------u-|------------u---|
A|-----------------|--------2/3---0-|------m-------m-|------------m---|
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|