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