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