...TALKIN' BLUES... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Natty Dread' (1974)*

Intro:

D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)AD  A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)E/G# (143121@4)A/C# (042220@1)F#m (244222@1)Yeah, oh, yeah, now!

Verse 1:

D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)Cold ground was my bed last night, (bed last night).
    E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)             A7And (x02020@1)rock was my pillow, too, (too-oo-oo-oo-oo!).
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)Cold ground was my bed last night,
    E (022100@1)                 AAnd (x02220@1)rock was my pillow, too, yeah! I'm saying;

Chorus 1:

D (xx0232@1)                              A (x02220@1)Talkin' blues, (talkin' blues), talkin' blues, (talkin' blues).
              E (022100@1)                           A (x02220@1)                A7They (x02020@1)say your feet is just too big for your shoes, (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo).
D (xx0232@1)                              A (x02220@1)Talkin' blues, (talkin' blues), talkin' blues, (talkin' blues).
     E (022100@1)                            A (x02220@1)                A7Your (x02020@1)feet is just too big, for your shoes, (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo).

Verse 2:

D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)I've been down on the rock for so long, (so long);
  E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)                 A7I (x02020@1)seem to wear a permanent screw, (screw-oo-oo-oo-oo).
D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)I've been down on the rock for so long, (so long);
  E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)                 A7I (x02020@1)seem to wear a permanent screw, (screw-oo-oo-oo-oo).

Bridge 1:

D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)    ABut-a (x02220@1)I, I'm gonna stare in the sun,
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)Let the rays shine in my eyes.
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)I, I'm a gonna take, a-just-a one step more,
       D (xx0232@1)                 F#m'Cos (244222@1)I feel like bombin' a church, now,
             A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)         ANow (x02220@1)that you know that the preacher is lyin'.
   D (xx0232@1)                 F#mSo (244222@1)who's gonna stay at home,
      A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)          AWhen, (x02220@1)when the freedom fighters are fighting?

Chorus 2:

D (xx0232@1)                              A (x02220@1)Talkin' blues, (talkin' blues), talkin' blues, (talkin' blues).
              E (022100@1)                            A (x02220@1)   A7They (x02020@1)say your feet is just too big, for your shoes, woe-oh-oh-oh!
D (xx0232@1)                                      A (x02220@1)Talkin' blues, (talkin' blues), keep on talkin' blues, (talkin' blues).
     E (022100@1)                         A (x02220@1)         A7They (x02020@1)say; you hear what they say, didn't you hear?

Verse 3:

D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)Cold ground was my bed, (bed last night),
E (022100@1)                   A (x02220@1)                      A7 (x02020@1)Rockstone, rockstone, rockstone was my pillow.
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)Cold ground was my bed last night, (bed last night),
    E (022100@1)                      AAnd (x02220@1)rock was my pillow, too. Sayin'...

Chorus 3:

D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)Talkin' blues, (talkin' blues).
  E (022100@1)                       A (x02220@1)        A7I (x02020@1)seem to wear a permanent,  permanent screw.
D (xx0232@1)                              A (x02220@1)Talkin' blues, (talkin' blues), talkin' blues, (talkin' blues).
              E (022100@1)                            A (x02220@1)   A7They (x02020@1)say your feet is just too big, for your shoes, woe-oh-oh-oh!

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)    E/G# (143121@4)  A/C# (042220@1)   F#m (244222@1)   A7 (x02020@1)EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x57775  577655  x79997  402400  x47655  244222  575655

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)