Invitation To The Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Well, [Em]she's
up against the register
An [C]apron and a spatula
With [B]yesterday's deliveries
And [Bbm]tickets for [Bb]bachelors
[Bbdim]She's a m[Am]oving violation
[C]From her con[F#m]k down to her shoe[B]s
[Em]But she's just an in[C]vitation
[B]to the blu[Em]es

[Verse 2]
But you [Am]feel like cagney
And she [D]looks like Rita Hayworth
At the [G]counter of the Schwab's drugstore
[B]You wonder if [Am]she might be single
[G#aug]She's a l[D]oner, likes to mingle
[G]Got to be patience,
[B]try to pick up a clue
[Em]She says how [C]you gonna like'em
Medium or scrambled?
[G]Any way[B] is the onl[G]y way
[B]Be car[Bbdim]eful not to gamb[Gm]le[Gdim]
[Am]On a guy with a suitcase
And a [F#m]ticket getting [B]out here
It's [Em]tired bus station
And [C]an old pair of shoes
[F#m]Ain't nothing bu[B]t an invitation
[Em]to the blues
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[Verse 3]
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[Am]But you can't take your eyes off h[E]er
[D]Get another cup of java
And [G]it's just the way she
pours it for you
Joking with the custom[D]ers
[Am]Oh mercy, Mr. Percy!
There ain't [D]nothing back in jersey
But [G]a broken down jalopy
Of a [B]man I left behind
And a [Em]dream that I was chasing
[C]A battle with booze
[F#m]An open invitati[B]on to the blues

[Interlude 1]
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[G][B][Bbdim][Bbm][Bbdim][Am][F#m][B]
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[Verse 4]
Ah, but she's [Am]had a sugar daddy
And a [D]candy apple caddy
A [G]bank account and everything
Accustomed to the finer thing[D]s
He [Am]left her for [G#aug]a socialite
He [C]didn't love her [D]except at night
And [G]then he's drunk
And never even [B]told her that he cared
[Em]So she took the registration
[C]Car keys and her shoes
[F#m]Left with an invitati[B]on to
the blues
[Em][C][B][Em]

[Verse 5]
[C][B]
Now [Am]there's continental trailways leaving
[D]Local bus tonight, good evening
[G]You can have my seat
I'm sticking round here for [B]a while
Get a [Am]room at squire
The filling station's [D]hiring
And [G]I can c[D]at here every night
[B]What the hell have I got to lose
Got a [Em]crazy sensation
Go or [C]stay, I gotta choose
[F#m]I'll accept your invitati[B]on to the[Em]
[D]blues

[Outro 1]
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