Aaron Lee Tasjan – 12 Bar Blues chords
Chords:
[Verse]G B Em There's only one bar in this town I get drunk at,C D still I have open tabs at two.G B Em I dated the waitress at the third bar I'm thinking of,A D and there's four bars in this town I can't even go into.G B Em My friend Kenny used to tend bar at the fifth one,C D still tends bar at the sixth one too.G B Em The seventh bar on this block has a kick-ass jukebox,A D the eighth one will let you smoke inside after two.G B Em I've sung songs in about nine bars in east Nashville, Tennessee,C D but I know I've been to at least ten.G B Em I'll always go back to good ol' eleventh street bar in New York City,A D when the twelve bar blues has got me down again.[Chorus]G B Em I got, twelve bar blues,C D G too many bars to choose.G B Em Well I will drink tonight,A D G and get me feeling alright[Verse]G B Em How many roads must a man walk down,C D to find an affordable bar in the city of Los AngelesG B Em Or even more so to find some affordable company,A D seems you have to pay for the conversation there in one way or anothereven if you're not directly involved.G B Em You're always overhearing that story about the one that got away,C D or the movie script that one is writing that's gonna change everything.G B Em Feel like if writing stuff down really changed anything,A D a lot more people would know who Philip Levine is.G B Em He was an american poet laureate,C D one of my teachers forgot to tell me about him in school,G B Em probably 'cause his poems got bad words in them.A D Talk about board of education, American style.[Chorus]G B Em I got, twelve bar blues,C D G too many bars to choose.G B Em Well I will drink tonight,A D G and get me feeling alright[Verse]G B Em So hang some taxidermy up on the wall, mute the TV.C D That pool table over there gives out every other game for free.G B Em Don't tell anybody though, the manager doesn't know anything about it.A That's kind of the way it is at our bar,D it's a litte broken and it aint that greatG B Em but hell man, it's ours.C One time this guy came into our bar,D G B sang karaoke style Hootie and the blowfish.Em We had to ask that guy to leave.C D Not cause we don't like Hootie though.G B Em Hell man, I hear Hootie is an alright guy.C So Hootie this beer is for you my friend,D shine on you crazy diamond.G B Em Don't let the bastards get you down,A D hold my hand, I only wanna be with you.[Chorus]G B Em I got, twelve bar blues,C D G too many bars to choose.G B Em Well I will drink tonight,A D G and get me feeling alright[Chorus]G B Em I got, twelve bar blues,C D G too many bars to choose.G B Em Well I will sleep tonight,A D G and get me feeling alright