Biography:
Tab Benoit (born November 17, 1967 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States) is a blues guitarist, musician and singer. He plays a style that is a combination of Swamp blues, Soul blues and Chicago blues. He plays Fender guitars and writes his own music compositions. Benoit graduated from Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, Louisiana in May, 1985. In 2003, he formed an organization promoting awareness of coastal wetlands preservation known as "Voice of the Wetlands."
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"When A Cajun Man Gets the Blues"
by Tab Benoit, from the "Wetlands" album
Chords:
E A D G B E
[E7] X X X 4 3 4
E A D G B E
[B7] X 2 1 2 0 2
E A D G B E
[E7(2)] X X 0 4 3 4
E A D G B E
[A#dim7] X X 8 9 8 9
E A D G B E
[C#dim7] X X 11 12 11 12
INTRO: E - B7 - E - E7 - B7 - E
E7 B7 E
Ma cheri, she has left me for good
E7 B7 E
After I gave my love for so long
B7
She's out there with somebody new
E
And I just can't sit here alone, no
E7
But it's so hard to drive with these tears in my eyes
A A#dim7 -- C#dim7
And it takes a long time to get to Baton Rouge
E B7 E A
And all I want is to hear somebody play my song
E7(2) B7 E
When a Cajun man gets the blues
B7 E
When I'm feeling the weight of the water
B7 E
Lord I know that there's blues in the Quarter
E7 B7 A
If I could hold back my tears and make it there, I'd be alright
B7
But I might need ya, New Orleans, every night
E B7 E
I don't know where I'd be without you
E7 B7 E
Yeah, you've been there for me all the while
B7
From Lafayette, to Thibodaux, to Lake Charles
E
From Natchitoches, to Shreveport, to Grand Isle
E7
When I'm feeling the pain, the bayou's callin' my name
A A#dim7 -- C#dim7
And that's an offer that I can't refuse
E B7 E A
Oh,it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
Ddim7 B7 E
When a Cajun man gets the blues
E7 B7 E A
Yes it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
E7(2) B7 E
When this Cajun man gets the blues
by Tab Benoit, from the "Wetlands" album
Chords:
E A D G B E
[E7] X X X 4 3 4
E A D G B E
[B7] X 2 1 2 0 2
E A D G B E
[E7(2)] X X 0 4 3 4
E A D G B E
[A#dim7] X X 8 9 8 9
E A D G B E
[C#dim7] X X 11 12 11 12
INTRO: E - B7 - E - E7 - B7 - E
E7 B7 E
Ma cheri, she has left me for good
E7 B7 E
After I gave my love for so long
B7
She's out there with somebody new
E
And I just can't sit here alone, no
E7
But it's so hard to drive with these tears in my eyes
A A#dim7 -- C#dim7
And it takes a long time to get to Baton Rouge
E B7 E A
And all I want is to hear somebody play my song
E7(2) B7 E
When a Cajun man gets the blues
B7 E
When I'm feeling the weight of the water
B7 E
Lord I know that there's blues in the Quarter
E7 B7 A
If I could hold back my tears and make it there, I'd be alright
B7
But I might need ya, New Orleans, every night
E B7 E
I don't know where I'd be without you
E7 B7 E
Yeah, you've been there for me all the while
B7
From Lafayette, to Thibodaux, to Lake Charles
E
From Natchitoches, to Shreveport, to Grand Isle
E7
When I'm feeling the pain, the bayou's callin' my name
A A#dim7 -- C#dim7
And that's an offer that I can't refuse
E B7 E A
Oh,it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
Ddim7 B7 E
When a Cajun man gets the blues
E7 B7 E A
Yes it's hard to miss you, Louisiana
E7(2) B7 E
When this Cajun man gets the blues
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