Verse
F#
Well, it's three in the mornin', should be sleepin' in my bedroom
B
Not sittin' in this cellar like some silly damn mushroom
F# C#
My brain is hurtin', I think it just blew a fuse
F#
I've smoked enough cigarettes to kill a camel
B
Drunk enough black coffee to fill the English Channel
F# C# F#
And oh, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
[Verse 2]
F#
I've been writin' this song for what seems like forever
B
Doin' bad things to my lungs and worse things to my liver
F# C#
I ain't got many organs left I can abuse
F#
I'm gonna try to stop writin' songs, I swear
B
Do somethin' easy like wrestlin' grizzly bears
F# C# F#
And oh, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
[Bridge]
B
Oh, Mama, why didn't I listen to you
F#
When you told me not to be a musician
B
Oh, Mama, at least I didn't shame you completely
C#
And become a politician
[Verse 3]
F#
Havin' trouble with my meter, and trouble with my rhymin'
B
I wish to God that I was Paul Simon
F# C#
That little smartass has more talent than he can use
F#
I try to write my songs deep and esoteric
B
But they just come out the same old Eric
F# C# F#
And oh, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
[Verse 4]
F#
And if I finish this song, who'll appreciate it?
B
I know the critics are gonna hate it
F# C#
They'll roast me like a lamb chop at a bar-b-que
F#
They'll all say, "He's a one-hit wonder
B
Written nothin' since 'The Band Played Waltzin' Matilda' "
F# C# F#
And oh, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
[Bridge]
B F#
And why do I write all my songs in the key of D?
B C#
Why don't I try another one like -- umm-err-umm --
F#
I think my mind's beginnin' to go
B
I just found myself wishin' I was Barry Manilow
F# C# F#
Oh, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
[Instumental]
F# B F# C# F# B F# C# F#
[Bridge]
B F#
And why do I torture myself the way that I do?
B C#
Be easier bashin' my skull in with a lump of four-by-two
[Verse 5]
F#
I've tried to sing this song in an American accent
B
I'm told my Scottish burr is too much of a distractment
F# C#
At least that's what they say in their reviews
F#
And deejays dishin' out their music valium
B
Will say, "It's too long, son, it ain't got any drums"
F# C# F#
And oh, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
[Verse 6]
F#
So I sit here like a dummy nearly crying with frustration
B
Songwritin's just an exercise in mental masturbation
F# C#
Deserted by that fickle jade they call the Muse
F#
She's out there somewhere laughin' at me
B
Sayin', "Son, go back to accountancy!"
F# C# F#
And oh, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
[Outro]
F# C# F#
Oh, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
F# C# F#
Yes, Mama, got them old songwritin' blues
- 1. Chord Gitar Eric Bogle - Them Old Songwriting Blues Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar A#)
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