Blues Got A Skeleton Key Chords & Tabs
Blues Got A Skeleton Key Chords
Verse
G C
You can lock all the doors;
Am
Close up the house;
Em
Pretend you're not home;
Am
Stay quiet as a mouse;
B7
Shut all the shutters and turn out the lights;
Am Em
But the blues got a skeleton key.
Verse
G
You can throw a wild party
C Am
For the usual crowd;
Serve margaritas;
Em Am
Turn the volume up loud;
B7
Burn the candle both ends night after night,
Am Em
But the blues got a skeleton key.
Chorus
C G D
Well, the blues don't go with my decor,
Am Em B7
But still the come creepin' in;
Em
And you can't help wond'rin' what's it all for
Am B7 Em
When without any warnin', your heart hits the floor;
Am D
Bartender, pour me a gin.
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Verse
G
You can call up the cops;
C
File a complaint;
Am
Snort a kilo of charlie;
Em
Live like a saint;
Am B7
You can hide from your heart and pretend you don't see,
Am Em
But the blues got a skeleton key.
Chorus
C G D
Well, the blues don't need any reason
Am Em B7
Just to come up and hit you from behind;
Em
They'll take you in each and ev'ry season;
Am B7 Em
Hold you hostage to each tawdry treason,
Am D
Bartender, pull down the blind.
Verse
G C
You can run like the wind,
Am
Or give up the chase;
Em
You can beg them for mercy,
Am
They'll laugh in your face;
B7
'Cause once you're their prisoner, you'll never be free;
Am Em
Yeah, the blues got a skeleton key.
Am B7 Am Em
Yeah, the blues got a skeleton ke-y.