Tonart: E major•
Verse 1
E
Lightning sings the blues,
A
Em
E
the Catholic goes to his confession
A
Now tell me what you plan to do
B
about all of your depressions
Em
E
Oh, you tried old Sigmund's talking cure,
A
you experienced its power
E
But that kind of talk ain't cheap,
B
you know, at 180 an hour
E
C
You inhibited the reuptake
E
C
E
of all your serotonin
C
E
You were whistling, washing windows
Em
C
B
until you started moaning
E
Then you biked up to the swimming hole
A
Asus4
A
to let the water cure you
E
But the current at the bottom,
B
E
it began to pull and lure you
Em
Blind Lemon sings the blues,
A
Em
the Jew does his wailing session
E
So tell me what you plan to do
A
B
about all of that depression
E
Well, you suck it up or ride it out,
A
or re -read some old fan letter
E
Or head to the nearest bar room
Em
B
E
to stay drunk till it gets better
C
E
Sleep knits up the raveled sleeves,
C
E
so go to bed and stay there
Em
C
Em
But before you get and kneel down
C
B
on that killin' floor and pray there
E
Maybe you can do a deal
A
Asus4
A
with your old buddy sick
E
Em
And sell that soul that's no damn good,
B
E
so why the hell you wait?
Em
A
E
A
B
E
A
E
B
E
C
E
Ah, the Muslim bows the Mecca five times
C
E
Now let that be a lesson
C
E
Everybody's bowin' and scrapin'
C
B
just to answer that big question
Em
Sleepy John sings the blues,
E
A
Em
E
a comic can do an impression
Of someone who might seem like he don't
A
B
suffer much from depression
E
Yeah, get that audience to lovin' you, boy
A
Be a clown and get them goin'
E
You'll have him right there
Em
in your sweaty palm,
B
E
almost before you know it
C
E
Let it all out up there on stage,
C
E
yeah, oh, the world just is one
C
E
And it's fifteen minutes of fifty years,
C
B
every fool gets his run
Asus4
A
you're left with your problems
E
It's the depression blues,
Em
that's what you got, boy
B
E
Em
That's one big bad -ass goblin
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