Twelve Bars And The Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em][F#m][Em][F#m][A][F#m][Em][F#m]
[A]24 [F#m]years of hard work and devotion
[Em]24 y[F#m]ears of nine to five each day
[Em]They [F#m]let him go wi[Em]th no
trace [F#m]of emotion
[Em]They [F#m]let him down
and all that they could say
Is [D]that's the [A]way it [D]is
There's nothing we can do
It's [Em]just the way [F#m]it is
[B]No use crying
When the [A]dice [Em]come fly[B]ing
It's the [F#m]way it is[Em][B]
Some [F#m]people say
He should've [Em]taken [A]a vacation
Some [F#m]people say
He should've moved to Spain
[A]He [F#m]took to drinkin',
[Em]drinkin' for the [F#m]nation
[Em]He h[F#m]itched a ride on the whiskey train
And that's the [A]way it is
[Bm]There [D]was nothin' he could do
It's just [Em]the way [F#m]it is[Em]
[F#m]He was walkin' in dea[D]d
man's shoes
Headin' for [C]twelve [B]bars [F#m]and th[Em]e bl[Am]ues
[D][Am][D][Em][F#m]
[D][C][Gm][B][Em]
Lying's easy, but the truth is hard
[A]When you're so far down,
[Em]you don't know where to start
To find the [D]way it ends
There's nothing you can do,
[A]it's just the way it end[Em]s
You're walking in [D]dead man's shoes,
betting for [C]twelve [B]bars[A][F#m][Em]
24 [F#m]years of [D]work [F#m]and devotion
[A]Coun[F#m]t for nothing in a final score
[A]You think you're [F#m]doing okay,
heading for a promotion
[A]They roll the [F#m]dice
and then you're on your way
[A]That's the way it ends
[D]There is nothing you can do
It's [A]just the way [Em]it i[F#m]s
[B]No use cryin'
when the [C]dice come [B]flyin'
It's the [A]way it [F#m]is[Em]
[F#m]You're [Em]walkin' in [D]dead
man's shoes
Headin' for [C]twelve [B]bars
an[Em]d a blues
[F#m]Twelve [Em]bars [D]and a blu[C]es[B][A][Em]
12 [D]bars and [C]blues
[B][Em]