Blues Never Fade Away

Cm (x3101x@1)Eb (x43121@3)                    BbHe (x1333x@1)wasn't famous but I sure did love him
             Ab (xx1114@1)                 EbI've (x43121@3)got his picture in a little frame

Eb (x43121@3)            Bb (x1333x@1)             Ab (xx1114@1)           EbHe (x43121@3)lost his life to a big disease before it even had a name 
            Fm (133111@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)But there's so many more and I've lost count
     Gm (355333@1)               Cm (x3101x@1)The hows and whys aren't important now
         Ab (xx1114@1)                   BbAll (x1333x@1)that matters is they came around 
     Ab (xx1114@1)                   EbAnd (x43121@3)brightened up our lives

She was twenty one with her life ahead 
You don't need to know her name 
She breathed her last on the cold stone floor of a Hollywood arcade 
But fate's right hand isn't always just 
Puts a lot of pressure on your faith and trust 
She was just a little girl, ain't that enough 
To rage against the day

chorus:
    Ab (xx1114@1)               EbAnd (x43121@3)how did we get so lucky
Bb (x1333x@1)                    Cm (x3101x@1)       Cm/B
Targets on the rifle range
   Ab (xx1114@1)                EbWho (x43121@3)makes the call and who gets to choose
Bb (x1333x@1)                  CmWho (x3101x@1)gets to win and who gets to lose
           Ab (xx1114@1)                EbIt's (x43121@3)like a rolling dice in the belly of the blues 
    G (320003@1)               Cm (x3101x@1)      
And blues never fade away 
Cm/B         Ab (xx1114@1)                EbHey (x43121@3)hey hey, colors run when the rain falls 
    G (320003@1)                 CmBut (x3101x@1)blues never fade away

He shone so bright with a lust for life 
Like the Sun King that he was 
His passions hung upon his walls and were printed onto cloth 
And for reasons I never understood 
About the choices made between the bad and good 
I've tried to figure out why
The pain never goes away

[repeat chorus]

G (320003@1)                CmAnd (x3101x@1)there's marble markers and little white crosses 
 G (320003@1)             Cm (x3101x@1)           
Along the beaten path 
          Ab (xx1114@1)              EbAnd (x43121@3)I've spread their ashes on the wind 
       Bb (x1333x@1)               CmAnd (x3101x@1)I miss John Lennon's laugh

[repeat chorus]