{"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":2366953,"song":"12 Bar Blues","artist":"Aaron Lee Tasjan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11489378-12-bar-blues-chords-by-aaron-lee-tasjan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2366953?type=chord","rating":4.6888,"votes":13,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   There's only one bar in this town I get drunk at,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   still I have open tabs at two.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   I dated the waitress at the third bar I'm thinking of,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   and there's four bars in this town I can't even go into.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   My friend Kenny used to tend bar at the fifth one,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   still tends bar at the sixth one too.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   The seventh bar on this block has a kick-ass jukebox,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   the eighth one will let you smoke inside after two.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   I've sung songs in about nine bars in east Nashville, Tennessee,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   but I know I've been to at least ten.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   I'll always go back to good ol' eleventh street bar in New York City,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   when the twelve bar blues has got me down again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I got, twelve bar blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  too many bars to choose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Well I will drink tonight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  and get me feeling alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   How many roads must a man walk down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   to find an affordable bar in the city of Los Angeles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Or even more so to find some affordable company,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   seems you have to pay for the conversation there in one way or another [/tab]\r\n\r\n   even if you're not directly involved.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   You're always overhearing that story about the one that got away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   or the movie script that one is writing that's gonna change everything.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Feel like if writing stuff down really changed anything,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   a lot more people would know who Philip Levine is.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   He was an American poet laureate,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Wonder why my teachers forgot to tell me about him in school,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   probably 'cause his poems got bad words in them.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Talk about board of education, American style.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I got, twelve bar blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  too many bars to choose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Well I will drink tonight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  and get me feeling alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   So hang some taxidermy up on the wall, mute the TV.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   That pool table over there gives out every other game for free.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Don't tell anybody though, the manager doesn't know anything about it.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      \r\n   That's kind of the way it is at our bar,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n   it's a little broken and it ain't that great[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   but hell man, it's ours.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   One time this guy came into our bar,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   sang karaoke style Hootie and the Blowfish.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   We had to ask that guy to leave.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Not cause we don't like Hootie though.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Hell man, I hear Hootie is an alright guy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   So Hootie this beer is for you my friend,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n   shine on you crazy diamond.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n   Don't let the bastards get you down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   hold my hand, I only wanna be with you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I got, twelve bar blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  too many bars to choose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Well I will drink tonight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  and get me feeling alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  I got, twelve bar blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  too many bars to choose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Well I will sleep tonight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  and get me feeling alright[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n   even if you're not directly involved.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","B","Em","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}