Standard (EADGBE)
He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother
Burned up in a factory in Springfield, Mass.
He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
Hustlin' down the city streets and
Selling his ass for a dollar bag
He's gonna tell you 'bout his uncle Neddy
Locked up in a prison out in Oregon
He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
Killed in a bar fight
With a pair of marines and a sailor, oh
He's got the blues, this boy, he's got the blues
You can hear it in his music
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
You can hear it, you can hear it
[Paul Simon]
When I was nine years old
My daddy ran away
With a woman he met on a train, oh
His little boy ran to the room
Where his piano lay in wait for him
He played and he played, he played and he played
Interlude
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
You can hear it, you can hear it
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
[Paul Simon]
A year ago, I met a girl
I thought we'd hit a massive groove
But she dumped me
And all we'd hit were the blues
Solo
He's got the blues, this boy, he's got the blues
You can hear it in his music
He's got the blues, this boy has really got the blues
Solo
(repeat and fade)