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