Suitcase Blues -Triumph
Written by Rik Emmett, tabbed by Doug Jacobson with a little help from Ed Levy

F (133211@1)                  Dm7
It's four in the morning,
           Edim7         A7+5+9  b9 (x2022x@1) 
There's not a soul around
 Dm7          D9  
This dirty hotel room
      G7[13]                           C7#9  F13Has (1x1233@1)really got me down

Bbma7
A modern day minstrel,

        Bbm7 (x13121@1)           Eb9They (x2122x@5)got my name in lights

   Am7I (x02010@1)wish these days of glamour

          D9                   D7b9 
Didn't have these lonely nights

     Gm7
I'm on the road to fortune

          Bbm7 (x13121@1)             Eb9 (x2122x@5)                        F (133211@1)Dm7 Gm7 C7b9
And I got the suitcase blues real bad

Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                Dm7
I guess I'm makin' payments
Em7b5                            A7+5+9  b9 (x2022x@1) 
For the dues that must be paid
   
   Dm7            D9
I cash another song
             
            G7 (320001@1)                         C7#9  F13Into (1x1233@1)this endless masquerade

Bbma7
halfway through the circuit

       Bbm7 (x13121@1)           Eb9And (x2122x@5)headed for the coast

        Am7Been (x02010@1)gone so long I can't remember

D9                   D7b9 
What I miss the most, ah, but,

Gm7
Me and Johnny Walker,

            Bbm7 (x13121@1)             Eb7orEb9 (x32310@4)And the comfort that he brings,

Am7 (x02010@1)                                 
Waitin' on the telephone

        D9             D7b9
That never, ever rings

Gm7  
On the lonely road to fortune,

         Bbm7 (x13121@1)             Eb9and (x2122x@5)I got the suitcase blues real bad

Dm7      G9 or G7 or G13  REPEAT
Dm7      G13I (3x3200@1)got the blues
          Dm7               G13And (3x3200@1)I got them really bad

Dm7            G13The (3x3200@1)suitcase blues
            Dm7           G13Are (3x3200@1)the worst I ever had

Em7        A13all (x05422@1)by my lonesome
            Em7		           A13 (x05422@1)And I'm halfway 'round the bend

[Eb9]    Am7 (x02010@1)        D7I (xx0212@1)         don't mind drinkin' solo

         Gm7               D7b9#5
But I sure could use a friend
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Gm7[9]
Me and Johnny Walker,

            Bbm7 (x13121@1)             Eb9And (x2122x@5)the comfort that he brings,

Am7 (x02010@1)                                 
Waitin' on the telephone

        D9             D7b9
That never, ever rings


          Gm7  
On the lonely road to fortune,

         Bbm7 (x13121@1)             Eb9 (x2122x@5) A7#5    F (133211@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Fmaj7and (1x3210@1)I got the suitcase blues real    bad

I think this is pretty close - some jazz head please figure out the tag at the end!  
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