Misc Unsigned Bands – Big John Khat And The Highland Blues Band - Learnin The Blues (Guitar)

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Learnin' The Blues:Big John Khat And The Highland Blues Band. (Written by Dolores "Vicki" Silvers in 1955.) INTRO: G F7 E7 Am7 D7 G C9 G #1.
               Am7    D7                  G     Gmaj
The tables are empty, the dance floor's deserted.

    Abdim         Am7        D7
You play the same love song, it's the tenth time 

       G
you've heard it.

G7           C        Cm6             G    Em7
That's the beginning, just one of the clues.

       Abdim          Am7    C9              G
You've had your first lesson in learnin' the blues.
#2.
               Am7        D7        G      Gmaj
The cigarettes you light, one after another....won't 

Abdim       Am7     D7                   G
help you forget her and the way that you loved her.

G7          C       Cm6               G   Em7     Abdim
You're only burning a torch you can't lose....but you're 

       Am7         C9               G
on the right track for learnin' the blues.
BRIDGE:
               C               Cm6
When you're at home alone, the blues will taunt you 

G
constantly.

G7              C              Cm6
When you're out in a crowd the blues will haunt your 

Bm7   Bb7 D7
memor-y.
#3.
                    Am7          D7
The nights when you don't sleep, the whole night you're 

G     Gmaj
cryin'. 

    Abdim        Am7      D7                 G
But you can't forget her..soon you even stop tryin'.

G7           C      Cm6               G    Em7      Abdim
You walk the floor, and wear out your shoes....when you 

          Am7          C9                  G
feel your heart break, you're learnin' the blues.
OUTRO:
     Abdim         Am7          C9                  G
When you feel your heart break, you're learnin' the blues.

C9                  G
You're learnin' the blues..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.