{"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":351923,"song":"Howard Hughes Blues","artist":"John Hartford","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11555147-howard-hughes-blues-chords-by-john-hartford/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/351923?type=chord","rating":4.77537,"votes":6,"content":"Intro:\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wanna sing you a song about Vegas town and poor old Howard Hughes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                                  \r\nLocked up there in his hotel suite trying to find his shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell he’s got so much to lose…[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Howard Hughes and all his blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis Nurses and his chauffeurs they stand around and sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                       \r\nWatch the door and wait on him whatever’s on his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd that’s a hell of a lot to do…[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo guard old Howard Hughes and all his blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd if he didn’t have a nickel [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf he didn’t have a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      \r\nHe could do whatever he damn well please[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe could do it all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut success is just a mess of overdue news (?) …[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor old Howard Hughes and all his blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe’s always in the papers he’s always on the news[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut no one knows whose Hughes are Who (?) Or even what’s the truth [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nor who is getting screwed…[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand it’s them and you know who and all his blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWay down yonder on the Vegas strip where the regular people pass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI heard some say he’s not too well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI heard he’s sinking fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut those are unofficial sources to the news…[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbout poor old Howard Hughes and all his blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd if he didn’t have a nickel [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf he didn’t have a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      \r\nHe could do whatever he damn well please[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe could do it all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut success is just a mess of overdue news (?) …[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor old Howard Hughes and all his blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                    \r\nNow a bunch folks are writtin’ books about him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd some of them are awful long[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                  \r\nI didn’t really have that much time so I thought I’d just write this song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGotta get me in a few licks too…[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbout old Howard Hughes and all his blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:  (X2)\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd if he didn’t have a nickel [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf he didn’t have a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      \r\nHe could do whatever he damn well please[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe could do it all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut success is just a mess of overdue news (?) …[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor old Howard Hughes and all his blues[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro:\nC F E Am F C E Am F C G C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:  (X2)","chords":["C","F","E","Am","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}