Still Got The Blues | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| 6/8 Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | Bm7b5 | E7 | Am | N.C (A C E) |
Verse 1
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
Used to be so easy, to give my heart away.
| Bm7b5 | E7 | Am Am/B | C (A C E) |
But I found out the hard way, there’s a price you have to pay.
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
I found out that love, was no friend of mine,
| Bm7b5 | Bm7b5 | E7 | E7 |
I should have known, time after time.
Chorus 1
| Am | Em7 | Am | D9 |
So long, it was so long ago,
| F9 | E7#9 | Am | N.C (A C E) |
but I’ve still got the blues for you.
Verse 2
Used to be so easy, to fall in love again.
But I found out the hard way, it’s a road that leads to pain.
I found that love, was more than just a game,
you’re playing to win, but you lose just the same.
Chorus 2
| Am | Em7 | Am | D9 |
So long, it was so long ago,
| F9 | E7#9 | Am | Am |
but I’ve still got the blues for you.
Middle 8
| Bm7 | E7 | Am Am/B | C |
So many years, since I’ve seen your face.
| Bm7 | E7 | Fmaj7 Em7 | Dm7 | Am | N.C (A C E) |
Here in my heart, there’s an empty space, where you used to be.
Solo
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | E7 | Am Am/B | C (A C E) |
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | Bm7b5 | E7 | E7 |
Chorus 3
| Am | Em7 | Am | D9 |
So long, it was so long ago,
| F9 | E7#9 | Am | E7 |
but I’ve still got the blues for you.
Chorus 4
| Am | Em7 | Am | D9 |
Though the days come and go, there is one thing I know,
| F9 | F9 | E7#9 | E7#9 |
I’ve still, got the blues, for you.
Outro solo
||: Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | E7 | Am Am/B | C (A C E) :||
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | E7 | E7 | E7 | Am |
Still Got The Blues Chords: A Journey Through Changing Progressions
This is the title track from Gary Moore‘s 1990 smash hit album Still Got The Blues. The legendary album firmly established him as one of the great British blues guitarists.
Ironically, this track is not a blues; instead, it uses all the diatonic chords from the key of Am!
With a chord progression very similar to Parisienne Walkways, this ballad lends itself to many hours of solo adventures.
With a time signature of 6/8, Still Got The Blues starts with these chords for the intro:
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | E7 | Am | N.C (A C E) |
The verse that follows is similar but not identical:
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | E7 | Am Am/B | C (A C E) |
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | Bm7b5 | E7 | E7 |
Next, we have a chorus with new chords, notably an Em7 instead of E7:
| Am | Em7 | Am | D9 |
| F9 | E7#9 | Am | N.C (A C E) |
There is also a m8 section, with the following chords:
| Bm7 | E7 | Am Am/B | C |
| Bm7 | E7 | Fmaj7 Em7 | Dm7 | Am | N.C (A C E) |
The first solo follows the same progression as the verse. This is followed by another chorus, again the same, and then another chorus with different chords:
| Am | Em7 | Am | D9 |
| F9 | F9 | E7#9 | E7#9 |
The outro solo follows the same chords as the first half of the verse—play this until the neighbours start complaining.
||: Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | E7 | Am Am/B | C (A C E) :||
Finally, the last chord progression holds a very long E7 before resolving to the Am chord:
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | E7 | E7 | E7 | Am |
Here’s a chord chart.
Still Got The Blues Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro Download
It really bothers me when I have to make a two-page chart, so I tried for a long time to avoid it. But in the end, I had to accept that if you want to see all of Still Got The Blues‘ chords, it has to be done on two pages.
Download my chord charts as a PDF or in the iReal Pro format:
- Still Got The Blues chord chart PDF, page 1
- Still Got The Blues chord chart PDF, page 2
- Still Got The Blues iReal Pro, page 1
- Still Got The Blues iReal Pro, page 2
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