Chords for Warren Zevon- Tule's Blues
Tempo:
82.775 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[C] [G]
Truly, it's on account of you that I've been weeping [D]
here [E] behind my hand.
[C] And it's lonesome in [G] my heart's land as the [D] sands of the desert.
[G] Tell me, why was it always [C] you who [G] threw the changes, [D] you who [E] always sang,
[C] and played while the green [G] vespers rang [C] in the [D] heart of the hillside?
It's a sad [C] song, we always [G] seem to be singing it to each other,
[C] you and me, sweet and slightly [Bm] out of key.
[D] [Bm] Like the [Em] sound of a running [C] down calliope.
[G]
Truly, now wasn't I once your knight in golden armor, [D] with the sun [E] behind my hair?
[C] And my music [G] filled the [Am] air [G] with [D] cymbals and lightning.
[G]
Truly, now can't you see I'm changing like the seasons, [D] my hair is turning [Em] dark.
[C] And there's no room left [G] in the [Am] ark [G] [C] for a [D] lark with a broken wing.
It's a sad [C] song, we always seem to be [G] singing it to each other,
[C] you and me, sweet and slightly out of [Bm] key.
Like [Em] the sound of a running [C] down calliope.
[G] [C] [D] [G]
Truly, it's on account of you that I've been weeping, [D] across the deep [E] soft sea.
[Em] [C] Whatever wide worlds [G] I may [Am] see, [Bm] will [C] be empty [D] without you.
It's a sad song, [C] we always seem to [G] be singing it to each other,
and [C] the child's voice tender and out [Bm] of tune.
[Em] Does he ask you for becoming home [C] soon?
Does [G] he ask you for [D] becoming [Em] home soon?
[E]
[C] [G]
Truly, it's on account of you that I've been weeping [D]
here [E] behind my hand.
[C] And it's lonesome in [G] my heart's land as the [D] sands of the desert.
[G] Tell me, why was it always [C] you who [G] threw the changes, [D] you who [E] always sang,
[C] and played while the green [G] vespers rang [C] in the [D] heart of the hillside?
It's a sad [C] song, we always [G] seem to be singing it to each other,
[C] you and me, sweet and slightly [Bm] out of key.
[D] [Bm] Like the [Em] sound of a running [C] down calliope.
[G]
Truly, now wasn't I once your knight in golden armor, [D] with the sun [E] behind my hair?
[C] And my music [G] filled the [Am] air [G] with [D] cymbals and lightning.
[G]
Truly, now can't you see I'm changing like the seasons, [D] my hair is turning [Em] dark.
[C] And there's no room left [G] in the [Am] ark [G] [C] for a [D] lark with a broken wing.
It's a sad [C] song, we always seem to be [G] singing it to each other,
[C] you and me, sweet and slightly out of [Bm] key.
Like [Em] the sound of a running [C] down calliope.
[G] [C] [D] [G]
Truly, it's on account of you that I've been weeping, [D] across the deep [E] soft sea.
[Em] [C] Whatever wide worlds [G] I may [Am] see, [Bm] will [C] be empty [D] without you.
It's a sad song, [C] we always seem to [G] be singing it to each other,
and [C] the child's voice tender and out [Bm] of tune.
[Em] Does he ask you for becoming home [C] soon?
Does [G] he ask you for [D] becoming [Em] home soon?
[E]
Key:
C
G
D
Em
E
C
G
D
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Truly, it's on account of you that I've been weeping [D]
here [E] behind my hand.
_ [C] And it's lonesome in [G] my heart's land as the [D] sands of the desert. _
[G] _ _ Tell me, why was it always [C] you who [G] threw the changes, [D] you who [E] always sang, _
[C] and played while the green [G] vespers rang [C] in the [D] heart of the hillside?
It's a sad [C] song, we always [G] seem to be singing it to each other,
[C] you and me, sweet and slightly [Bm] out of key.
_ [D] _ [Bm] Like the [Em] sound of a running [C] down calliope.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Truly, now wasn't I once your knight in golden armor, [D] with the sun [E] behind my hair?
_ [C] And my music _ [G] filled the [Am] air [G] with [D] cymbals and lightning.
_ _ [G] _
_ Truly, now can't you see I'm changing like the seasons, [D] my hair is turning [Em] dark.
_ _ [C] And there's no room left [G] in the [Am] ark [G] [C] for a [D] lark with a broken wing.
It's a sad [C] song, we always seem to be [G] singing it to each other,
[C] you and me, sweet and slightly out of [Bm] key.
_ Like [Em] the sound of a running [C] down calliope.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Truly, it's on account of you that I've been weeping, [D] across the deep [E] soft sea.
_ _ [Em] _ [C] Whatever wide worlds [G] I may [Am] see, [Bm] will [C] be empty [D] without you.
It's a sad song, [C] we always seem to [G] be singing it to each other,
and [C] the child's voice tender and out [Bm] of tune.
_ [Em] Does he ask you for becoming home [C] soon?
_ Does [G] he ask you for [D] becoming [Em] home soon? _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Truly, it's on account of you that I've been weeping [D]
here [E] behind my hand.
_ [C] And it's lonesome in [G] my heart's land as the [D] sands of the desert. _
[G] _ _ Tell me, why was it always [C] you who [G] threw the changes, [D] you who [E] always sang, _
[C] and played while the green [G] vespers rang [C] in the [D] heart of the hillside?
It's a sad [C] song, we always [G] seem to be singing it to each other,
[C] you and me, sweet and slightly [Bm] out of key.
_ [D] _ [Bm] Like the [Em] sound of a running [C] down calliope.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Truly, now wasn't I once your knight in golden armor, [D] with the sun [E] behind my hair?
_ [C] And my music _ [G] filled the [Am] air [G] with [D] cymbals and lightning.
_ _ [G] _
_ Truly, now can't you see I'm changing like the seasons, [D] my hair is turning [Em] dark.
_ _ [C] And there's no room left [G] in the [Am] ark [G] [C] for a [D] lark with a broken wing.
It's a sad [C] song, we always seem to be [G] singing it to each other,
[C] you and me, sweet and slightly out of [Bm] key.
_ Like [Em] the sound of a running [C] down calliope.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ Truly, it's on account of you that I've been weeping, [D] across the deep [E] soft sea.
_ _ [Em] _ [C] Whatever wide worlds [G] I may [Am] see, [Bm] will [C] be empty [D] without you.
It's a sad song, [C] we always seem to [G] be singing it to each other,
and [C] the child's voice tender and out [Bm] of tune.
_ [Em] Does he ask you for becoming home [C] soon?
_ Does [G] he ask you for [D] becoming [Em] home soon? _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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