{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1118444,"song":"Blues Never Fade Away","artist":"Elton John","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11248825-blues-never-fade-away-chords-by-elton-john/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1118444?type=chord","rating":4.69671,"votes":14,"content":"Blues Never Fade Away\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Cm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Eb[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe wasn't famous but I sure did love him[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Ab[/ch]                   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI've got his picture in a little frame [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHe lost his life to a big disease before it even had a name [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Fm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\nBut there's so many more and I've lost count[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]Cm[/ch] \r\nThe hows and whys aren't important now[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAll that matters is they came around [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd brightened up our lives[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nShe was twenty one with her life ahead \r\nYou don't need to know her name \r\nShe breathed her last on the cold stone floor of a Hollywood arcade \r\nBut fate's right hand isn't always just \r\nPuts a lot of pressure on your faith and trust \r\nShe was just a little girl, ain't that enough \r\nTo rage against the day \r\n\r\n\r\nchorus:\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd how did we get so lucky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Cm[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]\r\nTargets on the rifle range[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWho makes the call and who gets to choose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWho gets to win and who gets to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nIt's like a rolling dice in the belly of the blues [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Cm[/ch]        \r\nAnd blues never fade away [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]/[ch]B[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHey hey hey, colors run when the rain falls [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBut blues never fade away [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nHe shone so bright with a lust for life \r\nLike the Sun King that he was \r\nHis passions hung upon his walls and were printed onto cloth \r\nAnd for reasons I never understood \r\nAbout the choices made between the bad and good \r\nI've tried to figure out why\r\nThe pain never goes away \r\n\r\n[repeat chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd there's marble markers and little white crosses [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Cm[/ch]             \r\nAlong the beaten path [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd I've spread their ashes on the wind [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd I miss John Lennon's laugh [/tab]\r\n\r\n[repeat chorus]","plain_text":"Blues Never Fade Away\n\n\nCm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShe was twenty one with her life ahead \nYou don't need to know her name \nShe breathed her last on the cold stone floor of a Hollywood arcade \nBut fate's right hand isn't always just \nPuts a lot of pressure on your faith and trust \nShe was just a little girl, ain't that enough \nTo rage against the day \n\n\nchorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe shone so bright with a lust for life \nLike the Sun King that he was \nHis passions hung upon his walls and were printed onto cloth \nAnd for reasons I never understood \nAbout the choices made between the bad and good \nI've tried to figure out why\nThe pain never goes away \n\n[repeat chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[repeat chorus]","chords":["Cm","Eb","Bb","Ab","Fm","Gm","B","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}