Chords for Joshua Ledet - "I'd Rather Go Blind" - American Idol: Season 11

_ Back with you live on [Gb] Idol.
Tonight our top three are battling for a coveted spot
in the finale.
So the pressure is insane.
For the first round of competition,
the judges are picking the songs.
We're going to start off [D] with Joshua here.
Tell me about [Gb] the pick for Joshua, Randy.
I picked a song by Etta James, an amazing song.
He's become a classic on this show with his classic R&B style.
And I think this just fits him so well.
[E] This is how he's excelled in the past on this [Gb] show.
[E] And I thought, hey, man, why _ [Gbm] try and fix what is not [E] broken?
And so Josh, Etta James, I'd [Gb] Rather Be [N] Blind.
Here it is.
Let's go, Josh.
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[D] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [A] _ _ Something [Gb] told me [B] it was _ _ [Bm]
over _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ when I saw you and [A] her [Gbm] talking. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ Something deep [Gbm] down in [Bm] my soul said cry, baby.
_ _ _ When I saw you and that boy [A] _ walking around.
_ _ _ _ _ I'd _ [D] _ _ [Bm] rather be blind, baby, _ _ _ _ than to see you walk [Gbm] away from me,
child. _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ Said I was [Am] just, I was [Bm] _ just, I was just sitting here
thinking _ of your kiss and your [A] warm embracing. _
_ _ _ With _ the reflection in the [Bb] glass [Bm] that I held to my lips
now, _ baby, _ _ with these _ tears [A] on my face.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] And _ _ baby, baby, [Gm] baby, [Eb] I'd rather be blind [Cm] _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ than to see you
walk away, walk [Bb] away from me.
[F] Yeah, [Gm] yeah, yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Baby, baby, baby, [Bm] baby, _ [Cm] baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, _ [Eb] _ _ _ baby.
Than to see you walk [Bb] away.
Walk [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ away. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Steven [Ab] _
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Tyler.
_ _ Joshua. _ _
_ _ This is another Joshua moment.
It was so surreal to hear somebody
sing those old songs and deliver them
and hear the audience scream in that just right spot.
It's like a dream come true for you, right?
Out of 70,000, there's only one American Idol.
And you sang like that one tonight.
_ You _ _ _ _ _ _ _
know, baby, we struggled when
we were trying to pick songs for the three of you.
And one of the reasons we struggled with you
was like, do we give you something more modern?
Or do we give you something that's more today?
But you are such a throwback.
And I love that about you.
And you always bring down the house with those numbers.
And you know, we just fed you what you
knew you would feed back to us.
So and you did that.
You brought down the house again.
_ _ Yo, _ _ _ _ _ _ you know, you are such a classic stylist.
I mean, this fits you so like a glove, man,
that hopefully what I'm hoping for you in the future
is that you can take what you do,
what you guys see him do on the stage,
and bring that into modern times.
Because definitely modern times in the R&B sense
definitely needs a lift.
Because it's a little ailing and aching right now.
So another amazing performance, Josh.
Congrats, dog.
Congrats.
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_ _ _ Tonight, if you're watching this show,
it's going to be like watching a sporting event.
How is it different for you? _ _
Honestly, I don't know how to answer that.
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I know this journey _ has taken me through a lot of things.
And it gets tough [Gbm] at times.
But I just think of where I come [Ab] from.
And how bad I really want this.
And I [Gbm] just never give up.
You've