Buddy Guy – How Blues Is That (Guitar)

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Overall feel: play chords on 1, 2, 3, rest on 4 Slide (or vibrato bar) quickly from Db up to D [Intro] Db Db D D D Db D D D D D D D D D [Verse 1]
D    D        D          D    D    D
 I'm from the backwoods,  way down south

D     D  D       D     D  D
 Grew up livin',  hand to mouth

Db D    D    D      D    D     D
    One-door shack,  was all I had

    D    D    D            D
The heat went out, and the cold got bad
[Chorus]
G
How blues is that?

            D
Tell me how blues is that

A                    G
Got a pawnshop loan, I can't pay it back

D
How blues is that?
[Verse 2]
D     D  D        D         D     D
 Went to Chicago,  tried to get a break

D      D      D      D        D     D
 Had a lot of doors,  slammed in my face

Db D     D      D       D       D      D
    Sang on the corner,  poured out my heart

D       D     D            D
 Picked up my change, even slept out in the park
[Chorus]
G
How blues is that?

                 D
Woo, tell me how blues is that

A                    G
Got a pawnshop loan, can't pay it back

D
How blues is that?
[Solo] D D D D D D D D D D D D G G G G G G D D D D D D A A G G D D D D D D (Joe Walsh sings v3 and next chorus) [Verse 3]
D    D     D       D       D       D
 All-night diners,  that's where I eat

D   D       D       D        D        D
 My kind of people,  are the people I meet

       D    D      D      D   D    D
Making just enough money,  to stay alive

D        D   D      D
 Playin' the blues,  trying to survive
[Chorus]
    G
How blues is that?

    D
How blues is that? Tell me

A                    G
Got a pawnshop loan, can't pay it back

    D                  D
How blues is that? How blues is that?
[Outro] D D D
D D       D
  Please tell me

D D   D
  How blues is that?
D D D
G       G      G
 Let me say it again, I'll tell you

G G G
      How blues is that?

D D D
   Mmmm

D     D D
 Hmmm
A A G G D D D
D D D
      How blues is that?
D D D D D D A7 A7 G7 G7 D7