Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

: 04200(0)

: X3200(0)

 Leadbelly’s in the background being drowned out by the grind

 He’s singing ’bout „Rock Island Line“ nobody seems to pay him any mind

Bestsellers and bookshelves full of self-help printed word

 Some faint elegance is heard, now was that Ellington or Bird?

And has it really come to this? Can ignorance be bliss?

 I’m waiting for - the other shoe to drop

Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop

Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop

 There’s a man standing at the crossroads with a dark roast in his hand

 He’s livin’ in white yuppy land over by the milk and sugar stand

And have I really come for this, cup of caffenated bliss?

 So we browse around all over town sipping coffees that we can’t pronounce

 And meanwhile in the Blues Cemetery all the coffins commence to bounce

Leadbelly’s in the cold ground rolling over in his grave

 The hard road where so many slaved is now so smooth and paved

And has it really come to this? Can ignorance be bliss?

 I’m waiting for - the other shoe to drop

Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop

Jazz at the bookstore and Blues in the coffee shop

Jazz at the bookstore - Blues in the coffee shop