The Association – Dubuque Blues (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
       C
Do you remember Dubuque?

              G
Have you even heard of that?

     F            Dm           C         G
It's half between New York and California

           C
There is a highway in and back

         G
Plus and active railroad track

        F                Dm            C
And the west side of the city sells no liquor
[Pre-chorus 1]
      Em
And I can't recall the instances

     Bm
That keep it in my thoughts

     Em
City parks or nighttime girls

   Bm
Or ancient limestone rocks
[Chorus]
        C                   G
Writing songs of rights and wrongs

           A7
And buyin' penny loafer shoes

    C                G
Oh, definitely, most certainly

     D               A A A F#m Bm D G
I've got the Dubuque blues
[Verse 2]
       C     
Do you remember Anna Sue?

              G
Have you even heard of that?

    F         Dm           C        G
She went from Tennessee to Minnesota

        C          
She was thirteen and I was ten

       G
As the gentle Southern wind

      F                  Dm                  C
Would make the moonlight shatter through the maples
[Pre-chorus 2]
      Em
And I can recall the summers

        Bm
That we spent among the trees

           Em
When there were no Monday bummers

   Bm
To blow my life of ease
[Chorus]
        C                   G
Writing songs of rights and wrongs

           A7
And buyin' penny loafer shoes

    C                G
Oh, definitely, most certainly

     D               A A A F#m Bm D G
I've got the Dubuque Blues
[Bridge]
        Em                          Bm7
Now the Dubuque blues ain't news to anybody

          Em                             Bm7
Who knows sadness is the sweetest of the pain

        Em                              Bm7
Who can tell with just a look that it's all over

        Em                Bm
And who never cried, well almost never cried
[Verse 3]
       C 
Do you remember nickel Cokes?

              G
Have you even heard of that?

        F                Dm      C       G
They're half between the 40s and tomorrow

       C 
I once considered it my home

       G
Now, I know I'll always roam

         F                  Dm              C
And if I pass through there again I will be lucky
[Pre-chorus 3]
      Em
And I can't recall the instances

     Bm
They hung it in my thoughts

        Em
And I'm sure they're as important

       Bm
As the feelings that they brought
[Chorus]
        C                   G
Writing songs of rights and wrongs

           A7
And buyin' penny loafer shoes

    C                G
Oh, definitely, most certainly

     D               A A A F#m Bm D G
I've got the Dubuque blues
[Outro] F F F F Amaj7