Capo 4
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I learned how to hammer,
In the burning August sun,
I learned how to lie and cheat,
How to steal and just how to run,
I fell asleep most nights,
Somebody elses blood on my tongue, your tongue,
You learn just how to run.
[Chorus]
But It s just the blues, Mary the blues
swirl it around my head like your dreams in Dorothy s shoes,
I m somewhere over the rainbow for you.
[Verse 2]
I learned how to cry,
In them lonesome September nights,
I learned to get by,
With the dogs and the dirt and the charm of the street
I fell asleep most nights,
With your pictures right behind my eyes, your eyes,
The killer and the victim, alright,
Right at the same time.
[Chorus] (x2)
But It s just the blues, Mary the blues
swirl it around my head like your dreams in Dorothy s shoes,
I m somewhere over the rainbow for you.
[Bridge]
And cause your smile, (And cause your smile)
is pride like a rebel on the 4th of july,
And my baby swings like a boxer,
And sends her right hooks under my chin,
She crys like a baby,(She crys like a baby)
And she wears me just like a ring,
crys like a baby,(crys like a baby)
And she wears me just like a ring.
[Instrumental] (x2)
[Verse 3]
I learned how to swagger,
I learnd how to hold you while your body burned,
I learned how to compromise,
While this world went hurrciane turn,
We fell asleep most nights,
With eachothers blood on our tongues,
My love,
If you ever just had enough.
[Chorus] (x3)
But It s just the blues, Mary the blues
swirl it around my head like your dreams in Dorothy s shoes,
I m somewhere over the rainbow for you.