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Near as I can tell, the song is comprised of 6 chords. However, when you play the song, it may not necessarily
strum it weirdly; like you can't hear every string in the chord sometimes. I don't know if this is because of
Em: e - 0
    B - 0
    G - 0
    D - 2
    A - 3
    E - 0
F:  e - 0
    B - 1
    G - 2
    D - 3
    A - 3
    E - 0
D: e - 0
   B - 3
   G - 2
   D - 0
   A - 0
   E - 0
G: e - 3
   B - 0
   G - 0
   D - 0
   A - 2
   E - 3
C: e - 0
   B - 1
   G - 0
   D - 2
   A - 3
   E - 0
G2: e - 3
    B - 3
    G - 0
    D - 2
    A - 3
    E - 0
I've got the Emworried blues,F  
And I don't know Emwhat to do.
FIt seems my dreams D  
Have been tarnished by Gevents.
And I think of you G  
and I hope that we aren't doneF.
EmYou're the one I need 
DTo get me through a lonely Glifetime.
Some of the things Gthey said 
Well, they might have been trueF  
EmBut I really don't Dappreciate it so Gmuch.
(Strike the G chord like 7 or 8 times at the end)
CJust yesterday I had so much to say.Em  
FSeemed like people wanted to listen.D  
But now today nobody wants to Emhave a thing to do G2with me~~~.
(Strike G2 chord throughout the "me.")
And I'm so sadG. 
Everything has turned out bad. F  
EmI tried so hard,
DBut goofed up somehow.G  
I just want you to know G  
I didn't mean no harm on Fpurpose.
DBut they turned it into a circuEms 
Just to put me Gdown
But I'm still around.G  
Maybe I'll have another chance.F  
DTo turn the tableEms 
And be a hero in the endG  
(Strike the G chord like 7 or 8 times at the end)
CJust yesterday I had so much to say.Em  
FSeemed like people wanted to listen.D  
But now today nobody wants to Emhave a thing to do G2with me~~~.
(Strike G2 chord throughout the "me.")
EmAnd so I'm singin' 
The 1989 blues. F  
EmBut I'm lookin' forward to:D  
A better future for me and Gyou.
EmAnd now comes, 
The end of this song.F  
EmSome of the things I did might have been wrong D  
But it's only because I was out of my Gmind.Em  
The 1989 BluesG2  F  G  

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1989 Blues

by Daniel Johnston

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Near as I can tell, the song is comprised of 6 chords. However, when you play the song, it may not necessarily

strum it weirdly; like you can't hear every string in the chord sometimes. I don't know if this is because of

Em: e - 0

B - 0

G - 0

D - 2

A - 3

E - 0

F: e - 0

B - 1

G - 2

D - 3

A - 3

E - 0

D: e - 0

B - 3

G - 2

D - 0

A - 0

E - 0

G: e - 3

B - 0

G - 0

D - 0

A - 2

E - 3

C: e - 0

B - 1

G - 0

D - 2

A - 3

E - 0

G2: e - 3

B - 3

G - 0

D - 2

A - 3

E - 0

Em F

I've got the worried blues,

And I don't know what to do.

F D

It seems my dreams

Have been tarnished by events.

And I think of you

and I hope that we aren't done.

You're the one I need

D G

To get me through a lonely lifetime.

Some of the things they said

Well, they might have been true

Em D G

But I really don't appreciate it so much.

(Strike the G chord like 7 or 8 times at the end)

C Em

Just yesterday I had so much to say.

F D

Seemed like people wanted to listen.

Em G2

But now today nobody wants to have a thing to do with me~~~.

(Strike G2 chord throughout the "me.")

And I'm so sad.

Everything has turned out bad.

I tried so hard,

D G

But goofed up somehow.

I just want you to know

I didn't mean no harm on purpose.

D Em

But they turned it into a circus

Just to put me down

But I'm still around.

Maybe I'll have another chance.

D Em

To turn the tables

And be a hero in the end

(Strike the G chord like 7 or 8 times at the end)

C Em

Just yesterday I had so much to say.

F D

Seemed like people wanted to listen.

Em G2

But now today nobody wants to have a thing to do with me~~~.

(Strike G2 chord throughout the "me.")

And so I'm singin'

The 1989 blues.

Em D

But I'm lookin' forward to:

A better future for me and you.

And now comes,

The end of this song.

Em D

Some of the things I did might have been wrong

G Em

But it's only because I was out of my mind.

G2 F G

The 1989 Blues

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