I, IV, V, and the Blues

       D7

I feel good, I knew that I would now

            G7                  D7

I feel good, I knew that I would now

     A7       G7         D7 A7

so good, so good, i got you

[Verse 1] 

 A

It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled

It’s been a long time since I did the Stroll

          D

Ooh, let me get back, let me get back

                                      A

Let me get back, baby, where I come from

[Chorus] 

 E

It’s been a long time, been a long time

              D                                 A

Been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time. 

  D♭7

I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes.

  G♭7 D♭7

I have the blues before sunrise, tears standing in my eyes.

A♭7 G♭7 D♭7

It was a miserable feeling, now babe, a feeling I do despise.

G7
Told you baby, one more time

 Don't make me sit all alone and cry

                     D7          C7                                        G7
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

                      G7
I'm like a fish out of water, a cat in a tree

 You don't even wanna talk to me

                         D7      C7                                      G7
Well, it's over, I know it but I can't let go

• Student Copy: Handout

• Audio: YouTube 

• Note: Look up the chords or transcribe them. The entire song is a repeated 12-bar blues pattern. 

          D                                     A                         G
And I said what about Breakfast at Tiffanys?

                D                               A                  G
She said I think I remember the film

                D                                       A                      G
And as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it

          D                                             A                                  G
And I said, well that's the one thing we've got

D                                                                               
Well it's been building up inside of me 

         G                                  A
for oh, I don't know how long

D                                    
I don't know why, but I keep thinkin' 

 G                                               A
    somethin's bound to go wrong

 A                  D
Yo sé que tienes

         E
un nuevo amor

              A
Sin embargo

               D          E
te deseo lo mejor

                A                            D
Si en mí no encontraste

    E
felicidad

        A                       D
Tal vez alguien más

      E
te la dará

G                       C                D7

Lucy in the sky with diamonds,

G                       C                D7

Lucy in the sky with diamonds,

G                       C                D7

Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Ah...

F                        

No matter how hard I try, 

you keep pushing me aside

                         B♭                               

and I can't break through, 

                       C

there's no talking to you.

Bm          Em          F#    Bm               Bm Em F# Bm        

La madrugada estalla como una estatua

Dawn explodes like a statue,

Bm          Em         F#    Bm                                                     Bm Em F# Bm               

Como estatua de alas que se dispersan por la ciudad

Like a statue of wings that scatter through the city.

F                                                                            C   Bb
Loving you,   isn't the right thing to do?

Bb                                                                             F
How can I,    ever change things that I feel?

F                                                                       C         Bb
If I could,   maybe I'd give you my world

Bb                                                                                     F
How can I,    when you won't take it from me?

                 D
You'll say

  G                    A                                D
We've got nothing in common

                 G          A                                D
No common ground to start from

           G                 A              D    G    A
And we're falling apart

G                  D                    C                                          G

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son

G                   D                    C                                          G

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no

      F     B♭     F     C

And I'm free

            F     B♭     F     C

Free fallin'

C                         F                                           B♭              F

Hush, hush, thought I heard her calling my name now

C                                  F                                            B♭                             F

Hush, hush, she broke my heart but I love her just the same now

C                         F                                           B♭               F

Hush, hush, thought I heard her calling my name now

C                            F                                        B♭                    F

Hush, hush, I need you love but I'm not to blame now

F#m             Bm

Ay, de mí llorona, llorona

    Ah, woe is me, weeping woman, weeping woman

F#m                       C#

llorona de azul celeste

    weeping woman of celestial blue

F#m            Bm

Ay, de mí llorona, llorona

    Ah, woe is me, weeping woman, weeping woman

F#m                        C#

llorona de azul celeste

    weeping woman of celestial blue

[Verse]

                              D                   A                         G    A

I would have given you all of my heart

                          D                                 A                 G     A

But there's someone who's torn it apart

                       D                  A                     G    A

And he's taken just all that I had

                                           D                           A    G     A

But if you want, I'll try to love again

                     D             G                            A5

Baby, I'll try to love again, but I know

[Chorus]

D                  A7sus                  G      A

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

D                  A7sus              G       A

The first cut is the deepest

                                   D                            A7sus               G      A

'cause when it comes to being lucky he's cursed

                  D                                 A                                G     A

when it comes to lovin' me he's  the worst

C                                       G

The only girl I've ever loved

C                                                  G

Was born with roses in her eyes

C                                                      G

But then they buried her alive

                             D                               C

One evening nineteen-forty-five

                                D                       G

With just her sister at her side

                     D                                    C

And only weeks before the guns

                             D                              G

All came and rained on everyone

                             D                    C

Now she's a little boy in Spain

                  D                                  G

Playing pianos filled with flames

                         D                                 C

On empty rings around the sun

                        D                            C             G  

All sing to say my dream has come

A                D  E  D                           A             D   E

Wild thing . . .you make my heart sing . . .

D                    A       D

You make everything

E            D

Groovy

A                D E  

wild thing . . .

  E                    A                                    B                         A                       E     A B A

I live in an apartment on the ninety-ninth floor of my block

             E                        A

And I sit at home looking out the window

B                             A                   E              A B A

Imagining the world has stopped

E                             A                           B                                  A        E        A B A

Then in flies a guy who's all dressed up like a union jack

E                                       A                              B               A                                      E     A B A

And says, I've won five pounds if I have his kind of detergent pack

Bb                               Eb                                      F

  There'll be no strings to bind your hands

                       Eb                                      Bb     Eb  F  Eb 

Not if my love can't bind your heart

Bb                       Eb                        F

  There's no need to take a stand

                       Eb                            Bb     Eb  F  Eb 

For it was I who chose to start