Written by: Tom Russell, Peter Case, Bob Neuwirth CD: Tom Russell - The Long Way Around From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk Intro E A E E Esus4 E A E EEus4 Old man on the corner, singing my life A E EsEs4 And he's playing that guitar with a rusty old knife A And every line that he sings rhymes with the truth E B A And the promise of something beyond the blues E Beyond the blues E A E EsuE4 Me and my darling took the long way around A E EsEs4 Through the wide open countries and the heart attack towns A To every fork in the road where we've all got to choose E B A Between darkness and light, beyond the blues E A E EEus4 Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain B E Beyond the darkness and all the pain A E EsEs4 When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes B A Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues E Beyond the blues Solo E A E EsEs4 Old man on the corner has been gone for years A E EsEs4 And that guitar in the night bled rusty tears A But there's a song that he left us we'll never lose E B A That love is the road that leads beyond the blues E Beyond the blues E A E Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain B E Beyond the darkness and all the pain A E When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes B A Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues E Beyond the blues B A Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues