J.J. Cale – Sho-Biz Blues (Guitar)

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As recorded by J.J. Cale (From the 1994 Album CLOSER TO YOU) [Intro] A G D A G D A [Verse 1]
A                                   G
Tried busking down in Frisco, tried dancin' in L.A.

  D                                  A
I played the blues in Chicago, boy I ran home in Santa Fe

                              G
I played guitar for many men, signed a deal or two

    D                               A
And all I ever got from them is the sho-biz blues
[Verse 2]
A                                  G
I got hot chicks down in Texas, no work in Alabam'

D                                 A
Snowed in out on Belibor you were always in a jam

                                  G
Worked carnivals down in Georgia, night clubs attitude

    D                               A
And all I ever got from them is the sho-biz blues
[Bridge]
A        G                A          G              A
Well the manager's got no money, the bookers had no jobs

    G             A               G                  A
The record man he fell asleep, he says I look like a slob

    G                       A                  G              A
The bus breaks down and the motel's bad you're always in a stew

    G                 A                         G       A
You can't quit you're too far gone, you got the sho-biz blues
[Piano Solo] A G D A G D A [Guitar Solo] A G D A G D A [Verse 3]
A                          G
I tried to love the ladies everywhere I went

D                                     A
When I got down and out they wouldn't ever pay my rent

                                        G
If you crave your neighbour lights, the spotlight's right on you

D                                        A
When it's time to get the catch with the sho-biz blues
[Verse 4]
A                                     G
Now you can't sleep till two o'clock, you ain't no millionaire

     D                           A
This entertaining lifestyle just seems to go nowhere

                                     G
You write a song it seems okay, they say it's nothin' new

D                                         A
It don't take long to find you've got the sho-biz blues
[Outro]
G       A      G       A
Sho-biz blues, sho-biz blues

G       A      G       A
Sho-biz blues, sho-biz blues
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