John Prine & Mac Wiseman – Blue Side Of Lonesome Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Intro]
  F     F7        Bb      (Bb)

[Verse 1]
Bb             Bb7
I'm calling to tell
         F     F7
you it's over
     F
Yes, darling,
           F7      Bb   (Bb)
you're now free to go
       Bb
You're saying you're
Bb7       Eb
sorry you hurt me
       F       F7
But you hurt me much
             Bb   (Bb)
more than you know

[Verse 2]
       Bb        Bb7
You're asking me where
          F          F7
this call comes from
     F            F7
Oh, I hope that you won't
     Bb    (Bb)
end up here
   Bb         Bb7
If your new romance
            Eb
turns out a failure
F               F7
Here's where to find me,
   Bb    (Bb)
my dear

[Chorus]
    Bb          Bb7
I'm just on the blue
        F7        F
side of lonesome
      F
Right next to the
             Bb   (Bb)
Heartbreak Hotel
     Bb            Bb
In a tavern that's known
         Eb
as Three Teardrops
     F7           F        Bb  (Bb)
On a barstool not doing so well

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[Instrumental]
   Bb             B7
   F              F7
   F              F7
   Bb            (Bb)
   Bb             Bb7
   Eb             Cm
   F7             F
   Bb            (Bb)

[Verse 3]
    Bb          Bb7       F     F7
The floor has a carpet of sorrow
    F          F7          Bb   (Bb)
But no one can weep in the aisle
         Bb
And they say someone
Bb7           Eb
broke the bar mirror
     F        F7         Bb    (Bb)
With only the ghost of a smile

[Verse 4]
    Bb           Bb7
The hands on the clock
      F       F
never alter
    F7           F
For things never change
        Bb    (Bb)
in this place
           Bb
There's no present,
   Bb7        Eb
no future, no past, dear
           F           F7
You're the one who has lost
          Bb    (Bb)
in love's race

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[Outro]
    Bb          Bb7
I'm just on the blue
        F7        F
side of lonesome
      F
Right next to the
             Bb  (Bb)
Heartbreak Hotel
     Bb            Bb
In a tavern that's known
         Eb        Cm
as Three Teardrops
     F
On a barstool
    F7       Bb    (Bb)
not doing so well
     F
On a barstool
    F7       Bb    Bb
not doing so well