Ill Play The Blues For You Albert King

Ill Play The Blues For You

Albert King

Megan

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0:00 7:17
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Gm
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| Gm | - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
          Gm
If you're down and out and you feel real hurt
        Cm                            Gm
Come on over to the place where I live

[Chorus]
                       D            Cm
And all your loneliness I'll try to soothe
                           Gm
I'll play the blues for you

[Verse 2]
           Gm
Don't be afraid come on in
Cm                         Gm
  You might run across yeah  some of your old friends

[Chorus]
   Bb               D              Cm
All  your loneliness I gotta soothe
                           Gm
I'll play the blues for you

[Verse 3]
Gm
  Come on in, sit right here
Let's rap awhile
Cm
  Ya see I'm kinda lonely too, yeah
                         Gm
An' loneliness is a very bad thing
If ya let it get the best of ya

[Chorus]
Bb
  An' loneliness can get ya down,
you know
D                    Cm
 Yeah, yeah, are you comfortable  now?
                   D
Yeah, yeah, that's outta sight
      Cm
Yeah, as I was sayin' before
Loneliness can get you down, an' I have heard of,
Gm
  ah
Loneliness blowin' some good people's mind,
Gm
  ya know?

[Verse 4]
But ya can't do that
This is a big world, this is a big world
An' there's too many nice things happenin' in this world
Cm
You're a very pretty girl
Where you live?
           Gm
No, no, no,  disregard that, that's okay,
that's okay
Most important thing
I wanna know you

[Chorus]
Bb       D
  I say, I wanna know you
Cm  D       Cm
  Uhhuh, oohwee, that's groovy,
ain't it?
                           Gm
I'll play the blues for you

[Verse 5]
        Gm
I ain't got no big name
Oh Lord, an' I ain't no big star
              Cm
I'll play the blues for you,
         Gm
on my guitar

[Chorus]
   Bb                D                  Cm
All  your loneliness, I'll try to soothe
                            Gm
I'll play the blues for you,  um!
'Cause me

[Guitar Solo 1]
Gm        Cm Gm Bb D Cm
  Um! woo!
D   Cm Gm
 um!

[Guitar Solo 2]
Gm
  Woo! Uhhuh, yeah!
Cm Gm Bb D
Cm D Cm Gm

[Guitar Solo 3]
Gm Cm Gm
   Bb D Cm D Cm Gm
Um!

[Rhodes Piano Solo]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - | Bb | D |
| Cm | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

[Guitar Solo 4]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - | Bb | D |
| Cm | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

[Guitar Solo 5]
Gm Cm Gm Bb
D Cm
D   Cm
 Oh!

[Fade Out]
| Gm |

Bars

[Intro]
| Gm | - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
| Gm | - | -  | - |
| Cm | - | Gm | - |
| -  |

If you're down and out and you feel real hurt
Come on over to the place where I live

[Chorus]
     | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

And all your loneliness I'll try to soothe
I'll play the blues for you

[Verse 2]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

Don't be afraid come on in
You might run across yeah  some of your old friends

[Chorus]
         | Bb | D |
| Cm | - | Gm | - |

All  your loneliness I gotta soothe
I'll play the blues for you

[Verse 3]
| Gm | - | -  | - |
| Cm | - | Gm | - |

Come on in, sit right here
Let's rap awhile
Ya see I'm kinda lonely too, yeah
An' loneliness is a very bad thing
If ya let it get the best of ya

[Chorus]
| Bb | D | Cm | D |
| Cm | - | Gm | - |
| Gm | - | -  | - |

An' loneliness can get ya down,
you know
Yeah, yeah, are you comfortable  now?
Yeah, yeah, that's outta sight
Yeah, as I was sayin' before
Loneliness can get you down, an' I have heard of,
ah
Loneliness blowin' some good people's mind,
ya know?

[Verse 4]
| Cm | - | Gm | - |

But ya can't do that
This is a big world, this is a big world
An' there's too many nice things happenin' in this world
You're a very pretty girl
Where you live?
No, no, no,  disregard that, that's okay,
that's okay
Most important thing
I wanna know you

[Chorus]
| Bb | D | Cm | D |
| Cm | - | Gm | - |

I say, I wanna know you
Uhhuh, oohwee, that's groovy,
ain't it?
I'll play the blues for you

[Verse 5]
| Gm | - | -  | - |
| Cm | - | Gm | - |

I ain't got no big name
Oh Lord, an' I ain't no big star
I'll play the blues for you,
on my guitar

[Chorus]
| Bb | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

All  your loneliness, I'll try to soothe
I'll play the blues for you,  um!
'Cause me

[Guitar Solo 1]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - | Bb | D |
| Cm | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

Um! woo!
um!

[Guitar Solo 2]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - | Bb | D |
| Cm | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

Woo! Uhhuh, yeah!

[Guitar Solo 3]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - | Bb | D |
| Cm | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

Um!

[Rhodes Piano Solo]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - | Bb | D |
| Cm | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

[Guitar Solo 4]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - | Bb | D |
| Cm | D | Cm | - |
| Gm | - |

[Guitar Solo 5]
         | Gm | - |
| -  | - | Cm | - |
| Gm | - | Bb | D |
| Cm | D | Cm | - |

Oh!

[Fade Out]
| Gm |

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