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Barclay James Harvest

Blue Johns Blues

by Barclay James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest

Biography:

Barclay James Harvest were an English progressive rock band. They were founded in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, in September 1966 by John Lees, Les Holroyd, Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme (1947–2010), and Mel Pritchard (1948–2004). They are best-known for their first four albums released in quick succession from 1970-1972.

The Barclay James Harvest story begins in the early sixties in the Oldham area of North-West England. John Lees and Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme met at Oldham Art School

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238 Artist   59 Music   167 Tab Tab
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Artist - Barclay James Harvest
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Song - Blue John's Blues
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Album - Barclay James Harvest And Other Short Stories (1971)
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


VERSE 1
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D G C G
Mystery is following me down that lonesome road
D G D G
And I don't know my way, my way back home
D Em C G
Someone on my shoulder and he will not share a load
D G D G D G
And I don't know my way, my way back home


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VERSE 2
********
D A
There's a certain something deep inside
Em G
Like a rolling sea or a river wide
D G
And the orchestra starts playing
D G
Get down Joe


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VERSE 3
********
D A
You can see his face, you can feel his smile
C G
Put your head down low and let those tears run wild
D g
When the orchestra starts playing
D
Blue John's Blues


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PRE CHORUS
***********
A D A
Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said
D F#m A D G
I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that we do
G
While the folks around me sing on
D
Blue John's Blues


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CHORUS
*******
F C#m C D Bm
Band is swinging, people singing
D
Get down Joe
F
Get down Joe
G
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
G
Would you get back Joe
D
Oh Lord get back Joe


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SOLO
*****
D G D


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VERSE 4
********
D A
There's a place down home where people meet
C G
They clap their hands and they stamp their feet
D G
When the orchestra starts and the band playing
D
Get down Joe


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VERSE 5
********
D A
They sing out loud and they sing out clear
C G
Turn your head round girl and you might just hear
D G
If you do then start down singing
D
Blue John's Blues


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PRE CHORUS
***********
A D A
Think about me, girl, and the things I ain't said
D F#m A D G
I could not be sad, thinkin' 'bout the things that you do
C G
While the folks around me sing on
D
Blue John's Blues


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CHORUS
*******
F C#m C D Bm
Band is swinging, people singing
D
Get down Joe
F
Get down Joe
G
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
D
Get down Joe
G
Would you get back Joe
D
Oh Lord get back Joe


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SOLO
*****
D G D

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BRIDGE
*******
A
Take hold of John's blues

Must be a thousand hues
D
Blue John's Blues
C G
Get back Joe
A
Take back all of your dough

You've got no place to go
D
Blue John's Blues
C G
Get back now Joe
A
My sweetest girl that I ever had
G
She's drive any poor man bad
D
Blue John's Blues

C G

A Em A
My Ma and my Papa said, Son
A
You'll get the KB when you're not on the run


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VERSE 6
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A D C G
Blue John's Blues
A
Well my lady and me we're gonna dance all night

Yeah yeah we're gonna dance until the broad broad light
D C G
Blue John's Blues
A
The sweetest girl that I ever had
G
Was guaranteed to drive a poor man bad
D
Blue John's Blues
G
Blue John Blues
D
Blue John's Blues
D
Get back Joe
D
Get back Joe
D
Get back Joe
D
Lord, get back Joe

Fade Out..................



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