Begging Bowl Blues


Intro
E , F# , A , B X 6

E         F#
Windy old head 
A      B              E              F#
I sang along with the words that she said
A         B
Happy and bad 
E               F#
"Where goes the time?" 
A            B
She asked me once 
        E           F#
Oh and if you don't mind 
A            B
Give back my heart when you go

E , F# , A , B x2

E            F#
Begging bowl blues 
A                 B
Wrapped round my head
       E          F#   A      B
Like a fistful of news nobody reads 
E          F#   A         B
Me and her name I can't recall 
      E         F#    A         B
I was never the same after she left me 

    E  B            E
And oh I missed her so 
B             E           B         E        B
Never thought much of her reason to go 
    E     B          E
And well, she cast a spell
B       E         B       E
Under I fell in a useless hello


Bridge.

A , B , E , C#m x3

A , B ,

E , F# , A , B x4



E           F#
Useless old day 
A           B           E        F#
Wishing the hours would take me away 
A          B
Just for a while 
E        F#     A           B
Nobody's crook, stealing an answer 
   E           F#   A            B          E
Oh why does he look drunk as the day he was born?
B          E     B             E           B
Ragged and torn, lives for the money these days, 
       E     B
What a joke 
    E     B          E
And once, twice is a sin 
B            E           B       E
Couldn't get in with the elegant folk


A , B , E , C#m x4
A , B

E        C#m       A         B
I cannot wait any longer 
    E        C#m         A         B
And I cannot claim to be free 
     E      C#m            A         B
Whenever it seems like I'm losing 
    E            C#m          A         B
The begging bowl blues follow me
    E          C#m            A         B
And she cannot say that she's happy 
    E         C#m       A         B
And I cant be sure if I care
E            C#m        A         B
I got wrapped up in the money 
        E            C#m            A         B
And the begging bowl blues kept me there


E , C#m , A , B
Repeat to fade