Barclay James Harvest – Blue Johns Blues (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Artist - Barclay James Harvest ******************************** Song - Blue John's Blues ************************** Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971) ************************************************************* Tabbed By - Ayreon77 ********************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ VERSE 1 ********
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 g 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
---------------------------- CHORUS *******
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
---------------------------- CHORUS *******
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
C G
   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.................. ENJOY............