Capo on the 1st
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Cmaj7: X3200(0)
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EmD
Leadbelly?s in the background being drowned out by the grind
CEm
He?s singing ?bout ?Rock Island Line? nobody seems to pay him any mind
EmD
Bestsellers and bookshelves full of self-help printed word
CEm
Some faint elegance is heard, now was that Ellington or Bird?
CDBmEm
And has it really come to this? Can ignorance be bliss?
DBmEm
I?m waiting for - the other shoe to drop
Em6Cmaj7B7Em
Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop
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Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop
EmD
There?s a man standing at the crossroads with a dark roast in his hand
CEm
He?s livin? in white yuppy land over by the milk and sugar stand
CDBmEm
And have I really come for this, cup of caffenated bliss?
Cmaj7Am7Em
So we browse around all over town sipping coffees that we can?t pronounce
Cmaj7B7
And meanwhile in the Blues Cemetery all the coffins commence to bounce
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EmD
Leadbelly?s in the cold ground rolling over in his grave
CEm
The hard road where so many slaved is now so smooth and paved
CDBmEm
And has it really come to this? Can ignorance be bliss?
DBmEm
I?m waiting for - the other shoe to drop
Em6Cmaj7B7Em
Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop
Em6Cmaj7B7Em
Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop
Em6Cmaj7B7Em
Jazz at the bookstore - Blues in the coffee shop