Story Of The Blues - Gary Moore

[Intro]
C D Am

[Verse]
Am                  Am/G#
My baby she left me___   my baby she's gone___
Am/G                     Am/F#      
My sweet little angel___   has spread her wings and flown.
Fmaj7                E7
To think of a reason   for going on____
           Am            Dm          Am      F9  E7#9
From this day___ I will play___ the blues__
Am                    Am/G#
She said it was over__   she said it's the end.
Am/G                       Am/F#
A-bad luck and trouble___    gonna be my only friends.
Fmaj7                            E7
I still can't believe it, after all_____ we've been through__
      Am            Dm           Am       A5
Every day___ I will play___ the blues___

[Chorus]
C        D5  Am  
Everybody    knows what the blues is all about.
C                               D5 
It's a pain you can't live with.
Am                                  
It's a woman you can't live without__
F9               E7#9
She came from Chicago.
F9              E7#9
She read me the news.
        Am       C     D         C        Am     E7
In the headlines   was a__ story   of the blues.

[Verse]
Am                      Am/G#
They say a broken heart__ can always mend___
Am/G                    Am/F#
That time is the healer__ and sadness will end__
Am                           E7
But I've done so much crying,    when will I laugh again?
          Am            Dm          Am
‘Til that day___ I will play___ the blues.

[Chorus]
C        D5  Am  
Everybody    knows what the blues is all about.
C                               D5 
It's a pain you can't live with.
Am                                  
It's a woman you can't live without__
F9                   E7#9
Could’ve cried me a river
F9                    E7#9
when they told me the news.
         Am  C     D           C          Am     E7
On that day    was a___ story    of the blues.