Walk A Mile In My Blues Chords by Curtis Salgado
Tempo:
99.9 bpm
Chords used:
Em
C
G
Bm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [E] [Bm]
[C] [Em]
[Am] [F]
[Em] [E] You can't imagine [Bm] this here life [Em] and all the things [D] I've been through
[Em]
I've been knocked [C] down
so many [Am] times
Hard times ain't [Em] nothing new
I've been cut from the stem to stern
Sewed back up [G] again
[Em] Lost my brother [C] to the needle
[Bm] [Am]
Lost my wife to [Em] her best friend
[D] Oh, you'll [G] never know
Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes
Before you [C] criticize me
[G] Well, walk a mile [Am] in my blues
[Bm] [Em] I know I'm not the only one
To walk a trail of tears
And I've got the [C] scars to prove it
[Am] I've been on the road for [Em] years
[G] I hold my [Em] head up high
[G]
[Em] Just cryin' and [D] doin' [Em] no good
I ain't askin' [C] for nothin'
[G] [Am]
Hell, I wouldn't if [Em] I could
[D] Oh, you'll [G] never know
Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes
Before you [C] rush to judge me
[Em]
Walk a mile [Am] in my blues
[B] [A] [Bm]
[C] Everybody's fightin' a battle
[Bm] A little pain goes a long, [Am] long way
[Bm]
We all wanna [C] be understood
But [A] there's a price we gotta [B] pay
[Em]
[G] As [A]
[Em]
[A]
[G] [Em] [D]
long as [Em] I'm still standin'
[Bm] [Em]
Right here in front of you
I [Bm] [Em]
don't care what you say
[Am]
I've got [Em] nothin' left to prove
[G] Oh, you'll never know
Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes
Before you [C] talk [Em] about me
[Bm] Walk a mile in [Em] my blues
[C] Walk a [Bm] mile in [Em] my blues
[G] You'll never [C] understand
All [D] that [Am] I've been [Em] through
[G]
Every, [C] every road I've traveled, yeah
[D] [Em] [G] [Em] I've paid my dues
[G] [C] Walk a mile in [Em] my blues
[Dm] [C]
[Em]
[C] [Em]
[Am] [F]
[Em] [E] You can't imagine [Bm] this here life [Em] and all the things [D] I've been through
[Em]
I've been knocked [C] down
so many [Am] times
Hard times ain't [Em] nothing new
I've been cut from the stem to stern
Sewed back up [G] again
[Em] Lost my brother [C] to the needle
[Bm] [Am]
Lost my wife to [Em] her best friend
[D] Oh, you'll [G] never know
Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes
Before you [C] criticize me
[G] Well, walk a mile [Am] in my blues
[Bm] [Em] I know I'm not the only one
To walk a trail of tears
And I've got the [C] scars to prove it
[Am] I've been on the road for [Em] years
[G] I hold my [Em] head up high
[G]
[Em] Just cryin' and [D] doin' [Em] no good
I ain't askin' [C] for nothin'
[G] [Am]
Hell, I wouldn't if [Em] I could
[D] Oh, you'll [G] never know
Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes
Before you [C] rush to judge me
[Em]
Walk a mile [Am] in my blues
[B] [A] [Bm]
[C] Everybody's fightin' a battle
[Bm] A little pain goes a long, [Am] long way
[Bm]
We all wanna [C] be understood
But [A] there's a price we gotta [B] pay
[Em]
[G] As [A]
[Em]
[A]
[G] [Em] [D]
long as [Em] I'm still standin'
[Bm] [Em]
Right here in front of you
I [Bm] [Em]
don't care what you say
[Am]
I've got [Em] nothin' left to prove
[G] Oh, you'll never know
Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes
Before you [C] talk [Em] about me
[Bm] Walk a mile in [Em] my blues
[C] Walk a [Bm] mile in [Em] my blues
[G] You'll never [C] understand
All [D] that [Am] I've been [Em] through
[G]
Every, [C] every road I've traveled, yeah
[D] [Em] [G] [Em] I've paid my dues
[G] [C] Walk a mile in [Em] my blues
[Dm] [C]
[Em]
Key:
Em
C
G
Bm
Am
Em
C
G
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] You can't imagine [Bm] this here life _ [Em] and all the things [D] I've been through
[Em] _
I've been knocked [C] down
so many [Am] times
Hard times ain't [Em] nothing new _ _ _
I've been cut from the stem to stern _ _
Sewed back up [G] again
_ _ [Em] Lost my brother [C] to the needle
_ [Bm] _ [Am] _
Lost my wife to [Em] her best friend _
[D] Oh, you'll [G] never know _ _
Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes
Before you [C] criticize me
[G] _ Well, walk a mile [Am] in my blues
[Bm] [Em] I _ know I'm not the only one
To walk a trail of tears
And _ I've got the [C] scars to prove it
_ [Am] I've been on the road for [Em] years
_ [G] I _ hold my [Em] head up high
_ [G] _
[Em] Just cryin' and [D] doin' [Em] no good
I ain't askin' [C] for nothin'
_ [G] _ [Am] _
Hell, I wouldn't if [Em] I could _ _ _
[D] Oh, you'll [G] never know
_ _ Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes _ _ _
Before you [C] rush to judge me
[Em] _
Walk a mile [Am] in my blues
[B] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] Everybody's fightin' a battle
[Bm] A little pain goes a long, [Am] long way
_ _ [Bm] _
We all wanna [C] be understood
But [A] there's a price we gotta [B] _ _ pay
[Em] _
[G] As _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
long as [Em] I'm still standin'
[Bm] _ [Em] _
Right here in front of you
I [Bm] _ [Em] _
don't care what you say
_ _ [Am] _
I've got [Em] nothin' left to prove _ _ _
[G] Oh, you'll never know
Just _ what it takes to [A] feel these shoes _ _
Before you [C] talk [Em] about me
_ [Bm] Walk a mile in [Em] my blues _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ Walk a _ [Bm] mile in [Em] my blues _ _ _
[G] You'll never [C] understand _ _
All [D] that [Am] I've been [Em] through
_ _ [G] _
Every, _ [C] every road I've traveled, yeah
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [G] _ [Em] I've paid my dues
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Walk a mile in [Em] my blues _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] You can't imagine [Bm] this here life _ [Em] and all the things [D] I've been through
[Em] _
I've been knocked [C] down
so many [Am] times
Hard times ain't [Em] nothing new _ _ _
I've been cut from the stem to stern _ _
Sewed back up [G] again
_ _ [Em] Lost my brother [C] to the needle
_ [Bm] _ [Am] _
Lost my wife to [Em] her best friend _
[D] Oh, you'll [G] never know _ _
Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes
Before you [C] criticize me
[G] _ Well, walk a mile [Am] in my blues
[Bm] [Em] I _ know I'm not the only one
To walk a trail of tears
And _ I've got the [C] scars to prove it
_ [Am] I've been on the road for [Em] years
_ [G] I _ hold my [Em] head up high
_ [G] _
[Em] Just cryin' and [D] doin' [Em] no good
I ain't askin' [C] for nothin'
_ [G] _ [Am] _
Hell, I wouldn't if [Em] I could _ _ _
[D] Oh, you'll [G] never know
_ _ Just what it takes to [A] feel these shoes _ _ _
Before you [C] rush to judge me
[Em] _
Walk a mile [Am] in my blues
[B] _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _
_ [C] Everybody's fightin' a battle
[Bm] A little pain goes a long, [Am] long way
_ _ [Bm] _
We all wanna [C] be understood
But [A] there's a price we gotta [B] _ _ pay
[Em] _
[G] As _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
long as [Em] I'm still standin'
[Bm] _ [Em] _
Right here in front of you
I [Bm] _ [Em] _
don't care what you say
_ _ [Am] _
I've got [Em] nothin' left to prove _ _ _
[G] Oh, you'll never know
Just _ what it takes to [A] feel these shoes _ _
Before you [C] talk [Em] about me
_ [Bm] Walk a mile in [Em] my blues _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ Walk a _ [Bm] mile in [Em] my blues _ _ _
[G] You'll never [C] understand _ _
All [D] that [Am] I've been [Em] through
_ _ [G] _
Every, _ [C] every road I've traveled, yeah
_ [D] _ [Em] _ [G] _ [Em] I've paid my dues
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Walk a mile in [Em] my blues _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _