John Hiatt – Wintertime Blues (Guitar)

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[Intro] G G7 C G D7 G [Verse]
G
I've been too long with my nose in a book

                                     G7
I hope you sing just as good as you look

C                                   G
Come on over baby, I got a song for you

D7                                           G
A little jump of something I call wintertime blues

G
I wanna hear those mockingbird wings

                      G7
I want gravy on everything

C                                          G
Lovin' in the kitchen, what have we got to lose

D7                                        G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues

G
Cold as snot with a big frozen smile

                             G7
Ain't foolin' nobody after a while

C                                              G
Time to let the cat out, I've got a real short fuse

D7                                             G7
I'm just about to blow up these ol' wintertime blues, blow a while
[Instrumental] G G7 C G D7 G [Bridge]
C
There's no spring There was never any spring

                                                           G
Spring's a long gone thing There won't ever be a spring no more

C
At least that's the way it feels when your

C
Skin is cracked and peeled and you've been livin' under

C
Sixty pounds of blanket and the snow's drifting up to your window

C                                                  C  C#   D
And you're out of firewood and the wolf is howling at your door
[Verse]
G
Three hours of day light and all of them gray

G                                        G7
The suicide prevention group has all run away

C                                                   G
I'm runnin' out of groceries, I ain't got no rubber shoes

D7                                         G
Bring the bacon baby, I got the wintertime blues

G
I could cut a hole in the floor

G                                G7
Catch you a fish by a quarter to four

C                                                       G
But I'm stuck up this mountain where I got a bird's eye view

D7                                             G
Of couple more months of these ol' wintertime blues

              G    G
And it's a one, two, my lips are turning blue

C                                     G
Come on over baby what have we got to lose

D7                                        G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues

              G     G
And it's three, four, I'm stiff as Al Gore

C                                     G
Come on over baby what have we got to lose

D7                                        G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues

                       G    G
Well, it's the same old drill

    G             G
For Punxsutawney Phil

      G
If he sees his own shadow

              G
I'm shootin' to kill

C                             G
Come on over baby, I stand accused

D7
There's a man going crazy up here

                      G    G G7/B C7 C#dim7 D7sus4 Ab7 G7
With the wintertime blues