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Killing The Blues

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                    Killing the Blues - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com
Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: Pink Cadillac
Year: 1979
Songwriter: Rowland Salley
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
            A
Leaves were falling just like embers
                                      D
In colors red and gold they set us on fire
                        A
Burning just like a moonbeam in our eyes
[Chorus]
E
Somebody said they saw me
D
  Swinging the world by the tail
                      A       E
Bouncing over a white cloud
            A
Killing the blues
[Verse 2]
     A
I am guilty of something
                                          D
I hope you never do because there is nothing
              A
Sadder than losing yourself in love
[Chorus]
E
Somebody said they saw me
D
  Swinging the world by the tail
                      A       E
Bouncing over a white cloud
            A
Killing the blues
[Instrumental]
A    A    A    A
D    D    A    A
[Chorus]
E
Somebody said they saw me
D
  Swinging the world by the tail
                      A       E
Bouncing over a white cloud
            A
Killing the blues
[Verse 3]
        A
Now you ask me just to leave you
                                        D
To go out on my own and get what I need to
                  A
You want me to find what I've already had
[Chorus]
E
Somebody said they saw me
D
  Swinging the world by the tail
                      A       E
Bouncing over a white cloud
            A
Killing the blues
E
Somebody said they saw me
D
  Swinging the world by the tail
                      A       E
Bouncing over a white cloud
            A
Killing the blues
E
Somebody said they saw me
D
  Swinging the world by the tail
                      A       E
Bouncing over a white cloud
            A
Killing the blues
E
Somebody said they saw me
D
  Swinging the world by the tail
                      A       E
Bouncing over a white cloud
                 A
Just killing the blues
[Outro]
E    E    D    D
A    E    A    A  A

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                    Killing the Blues - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com
Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: Pink Cadillac
Year: 1979
Songwriter: Rowland Salley
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental]
A    A    A    A
D    D    A    A
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
E    E    D    D
A    E    A    A  A

Killing The Blues Chords by John Prine

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