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
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
Used to be so easy, to fall in love again.
| Bm7b5 | E7 | Am Am/B | C (A C E) |
But I found out the hard way, it’s a road that leads to pain.
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
I found that love, was more than just a game,
| Bm7b5 | Bm7b5 | E7 | E7 |
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 and progressions
This is the title track from Gary Moore‘s 1990 smash hit album Still Got The Blues. The legendary album firmly established him on the map as one of the great British Blues Guitarists.
Ironically, this is not a blues, instead, it has all the diatonic chords from the A minor scale!
Using a (very) similar chord progression to Parisienne Walkways, this ballad lends itself to many hours of solo adventures.
In the key of Am and the time signature of 6/8 throughout, Stil Got The Blues starts off 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 the same.
| 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 bridge, and new chords here, notably an Em, not an E7 anymore.
| Am | Em7 | Am | D9 |
| F9 | E7#9 | Am | N.C (A C E) |
There is also a m8 section, here are the chords.
| Bm7 | E7 | Am Am/B | C |
| Bm7 | E7 | Fmaj7 Em7 | Dm7 | Am | N.C (A C E) |
The first solo is the same as a verse. This is followed by another bridge, again the same. This is then followed by another bridge but with different chords.
| Am | Em7 | Am | D9 |
| F9 | F9 | E7#9 | E7#9 |
The outro solo is like the first half of a verse, play this until the neighbors 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 we resolve to the Am chord.
| Dm7 | Dm7/G | Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 |
| Bm7b5 | E7 | E7 | E7 | Am |
Still Got The Blues chords | Related pages
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- Ain’t No Sunshine
- Call It Stormy Monday
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Parisienne Walkways
- The Thrill Is Gone
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One of the greatest, and definitely loudest British blues guitar players of all time, Mr. Gary Moore.
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