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Joaquin Phoenix – Home Of The Blues Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsA B E F#

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[Verse 1]
A               B
Just around the corner
        E
there's heartache
A               B           E
Down the street that losers use
A               B
If you can wade in
            E
through the teardrops
A                     B
You'll find me at the Home
       E
of the Blues

[Verse 2]
A          B            E
I walk and cry while my heartbeat
A                   B
Keeps time with the drag
      E
of my shoes
A             B
The sun never shines
             E
through this window of mine
A                B           E
It's dark at the Home of the Blues

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[Chorus]
A
Oh, but the place is filled
                  E
with the sweetest mem'ries
B                        E
Memories so sweet that I cry
A
Dreams that I've had
           E
left me feeling so bad
F#
I just want to give up
                 B
and lay down and die

[Verse 3]
A            B
So if you've just
          E
lost your sweetheart
A
And it seems there's
   B           E
no good way to choose
A               B
Come along with me,
       E
misery loves company
A                     B
You're welcome at the Home
       E
of the Blues

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[Solo]
A B E
A E B E

[Verse 4]
A               B
Just around the corner
        E
there's heartache
A               B           E
Down the street that losers use
A               B
If you can wade in
            E
through the teardrops
A                     B
You'll find me at the Home
       E
of the Blues
                   A
Yeah your going to find me
       B           E
at the Home of the Blues

[Outro]
A E

How to play Home Of The Blues: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Home Of The Blues by Joaquin Phoenix on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Home Of The Blues by Joaquin Phoenix is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: A, B, E and F#.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – B – E – A (IV – V – I – IV in E major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – doh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, A, D, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.