The Blues Man Alan Jackson
Lyrics and guitar chords
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C
D
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He’s just a
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singer, a natural born guitar C
ringerKind of a
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clinger to sad old G
songsHe’s not a walk be
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hinder, he’s a new note Am
finderBut his names a r
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eminder of a blues man that’s already G
goneSo he started
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drinkin’, took some things that messed up his C
thinkin’He was sure s
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inkin’ when she came aG
longHe was alone in the
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spot light, not too much Am
left in sightShe changed all that
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one night when she sang him this sG
ong…G
Hey baby I love you, Hey baby I Am
need youHey baby you a
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in’t got to prove to me you’re some kind of macho G
manYou’ve wasted so much of your life, runnin’ through the
Am
dark nightsLet me shine a little l
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ove light, down on that blues G
manC
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He got so sick from
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speedin’, all the things they said he was C
needin’If he was to keep on p
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leasin’ all of his fG
ansHe got cuffed on dirt roads, he got sued over
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no showsShe came an took
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all that old load down off that old blues G
manAnd he sang…
Hey baby I
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love you too, Hey baby I Am
need youHey baby I
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do get tired of this travelin’ G
bandI’m over forty years old now, nights would be
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cold nowIf you hadn’t s
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tuck it out with this blues mG
anHe’s over forty years
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old now, nights would be so Am
cold nowIf she hadn’t h
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ung around with that blues mG
anG
Am
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