[INTRO]
[G]
[VERSE]
[G]When I was a boy
I went to [C]hear this picker [G]play
[G]I still recall his blue guitar
Like [A7]it was yester[D]day
I was a [G]powder keg a-waiting
For some[C]one to light the [G]fuse
[G]He struck a match and I did catch
The [D]troubadour [G]blues
[VERSE]
[G]And when I got my first guitar
I played un[C]til my fingers [G]bled
[G]Though my parents wished that I were doing
[A7]Something else in[D]stead
I [G]wish they'd understand
It isn't [C]something I can [G]choose
[G]Oh mama, I was born to sing
The [D]troubadour [G]blues
[CHORUS]
My [C]troubadour blues, [G]troubadour blues
[D]All you need's a simple song, three chords and the [G]truth
Like [C]Hank and Woody, Townes and Jimmie [G]Rodgers used to [Em]do
Oh [D]lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour [G]blues
[VERSE 3]
[G]So I married me a woman
But she's [C]more like a [G]saint
[G]She's alone two hundred nights a year
With [A7]nary a com[D]plaint
Oh babe, I [G]hate to leave you lonely
But I [C]need to pay my [G]dues
[G]Forgive me while I'm gone to sing
The [D]troubadour [G]blues
[CHORUS]
My [C]troubadour blues, [G]troubadour blues
[D]All you need's a simple song, three chords and the [G]truth
Like [C]Hank and Woody, Townes and Jimmie [G]Rodgers used to [Em]do
Oh [D]lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour [G]blues
[VERSE]
[G]The same old battle's raging
[C]All on down the [G]line
[G]Why does it seem like nothing's changed
[A7]Since Woody Guthrie's [D]time?
And I [G]ain't afraid to sing about those things
You [C]don't see on the [G]news
'[G]Cause there's plenty job security
In the [D]troubadour [G]blues
[VERSE]
[G]So let me thank you Mr. President
To [C]me you've been so [G]kind
[G]For the well of inspiration
Can dry [A7]up from time to [D]time
Each time you [G]open up your mouth
You give me [C]something I can [G]use
[G]Every day another reason
For the [D]troubadour [G]blues
[CHORUS]
My [C]troubadour blues, [G]troubadour blues
[D]All you need's a simple song, three chords and the [G]truth
Like [C]Hank and Woody, Townes and David [G]Carter used to [Em]do
Oh [D]lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour [G]blues
Oh [D]lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour [G]blues
[G]
[VERSE]
[G]When I was a boy
I went to [C]hear this picker [G]play
[G]I still recall his blue guitar
Like [A7]it was yester[D]day
I was a [G]powder keg a-waiting
For some[C]one to light the [G]fuse
[G]He struck a match and I did catch
The [D]troubadour [G]blues
[VERSE]
[G]And when I got my first guitar
I played un[C]til my fingers [G]bled
[G]Though my parents wished that I were doing
[A7]Something else in[D]stead
I [G]wish they'd understand
It isn't [C]something I can [G]choose
[G]Oh mama, I was born to sing
The [D]troubadour [G]blues
[CHORUS]
My [C]troubadour blues, [G]troubadour blues
[D]All you need's a simple song, three chords and the [G]truth
Like [C]Hank and Woody, Townes and Jimmie [G]Rodgers used to [Em]do
Oh [D]lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour [G]blues
[VERSE 3]
[G]So I married me a woman
But she's [C]more like a [G]saint
[G]She's alone two hundred nights a year
With [A7]nary a com[D]plaint
Oh babe, I [G]hate to leave you lonely
But I [C]need to pay my [G]dues
[G]Forgive me while I'm gone to sing
The [D]troubadour [G]blues
[CHORUS]
My [C]troubadour blues, [G]troubadour blues
[D]All you need's a simple song, three chords and the [G]truth
Like [C]Hank and Woody, Townes and Jimmie [G]Rodgers used to [Em]do
Oh [D]lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour [G]blues
[VERSE]
[G]The same old battle's raging
[C]All on down the [G]line
[G]Why does it seem like nothing's changed
[A7]Since Woody Guthrie's [D]time?
And I [G]ain't afraid to sing about those things
You [C]don't see on the [G]news
'[G]Cause there's plenty job security
In the [D]troubadour [G]blues
[VERSE]
[G]So let me thank you Mr. President
To [C]me you've been so [G]kind
[G]For the well of inspiration
Can dry [A7]up from time to [D]time
Each time you [G]open up your mouth
You give me [C]something I can [G]use
[G]Every day another reason
For the [D]troubadour [G]blues
[CHORUS]
My [C]troubadour blues, [G]troubadour blues
[D]All you need's a simple song, three chords and the [G]truth
Like [C]Hank and Woody, Townes and David [G]Carter used to [Em]do
Oh [D]lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour [G]blues
Oh [D]lord, I'm bound to ramble with those troubadour [G]blues
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