Fellow strummers... this song is sick
peace
mark

Chords
F#/Gbm    244222
F#/Gbm7   242222
Badd9     x24422
E7 (020130@1)      020100
B7 (x21202@1)      x21202
D7 (xx0212@1)      xx0212


Riff 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2--4------2---------------------2--2--4------------------------|
A|---------2--4----4s2--0--------------------------------------------|
E|--2----------------------2---0---2---------------------------------|


Riff 2

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2--4------2----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2--4----4s2--0--------------------------------------------|
E|--2----------------------2---0-------------------------------------|

Intro
Riff1 x2

F#/Gbm                      F#/Gbm7
Monday looked like a downer
F#/Gbm                      Badd9Tuesday (135211@7)looked like rain
               E7A (020130@1)bad altitude
              B7And (x21202@1)I knew I needed a change
Riff 1

F#/Gbm                   F#/Gbm7
Head out on the highway
F#/Gbm                   Badd9Cruising (135211@7)way down south
    E7I (020130@1)knew a little place
    B7 (x21202@1)                       Riff 1
Where I might could work it all out

D7 (xx0212@1)      B7 (x21202@1)                      Riff 1
I'm so tired of fighting with myself

        D7 (xx0212@1)                     B7 (x21202@1)       Riff1
Gonna spend a little time at the Tunica Motel


F#/Gbm                  F#/Gbm7  
Just outside of Memphis,
F#/Gbm                    Badd9Highway (135211@7)61
E7 (020130@1)                B7Sleepy (x21202@1)little town down by the
                Riff 1
Mississippi River
           F# (244322@1)                   F#/Gbm7
I'm gonna lay out on a houseboat
F#/Gbm                      Badd9Until (135211@7)my hide turns brown
E7Ain't (020130@1)gonna move 'till the
B7 (x21202@1)               Riff 1
Evening sun goes down
         D7 (xx0212@1)                                    Riff 1
Fried chicken to go and they got live bait for sale
    D7 (xx0212@1)                  B7 (x21202@1) 
Anything you need at the Tunica Motel
Riff2 x5
Riff1

  F#/Gbm                   F#/Gbm7
I find myself at midnight
F#/Gbm                        Badd9Moving (135211@7)to the back porch blues
    E7 (020130@1)         B7 (x21202@1)    
The guitar cries, telling me
                  Riff 1
About the hard times

F#/Gbm                       F#/Gbm7
Something moves in the shadows
F#/Gbm               Badd9Giving (135211@7)me a little chill
             E7I (020130@1)thought I saw Robert Johnson
B7 (x21202@1)                     Riff 1
Walking out across the field
             D7 (xx0212@1)           B7 (x21202@1)                     Riff 1
There ain't hardly anybody left who even knows the tale
D7 (xx0212@1)                    B7 (x21202@1)       Riff2
Gimme the blues at the Tunica Motel

Riff2 fade to end 

"The best things in life aren't things"
-John Butler Trio



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