1                  2                     3                    4                    5
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
B|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
G|-------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------------|
D|-------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------------|
A|0--2------2--2--|--0--2------2--2--|--0--2------2--2--|--0--2------2--2--|---------------|
E|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------------|
E|----------------| 0-----------------|0-----------------|0-----------------|0--------------|


[Chorus]
Em                 Em7
I am, ohh I am the blues
Em                               Em7
I know the world knows I've been mistreated
Em                                 Em7
And the whole world know I've been misused


[Verse 1]
Em                              Em7 Em
I am the moan of suffering women
Em                         Em7 Em
I am the groan of dying men
Em                       Em7 Em
I am the last one to start
Em                             Em7 Em
But I am the first one to begin


[Chorus]
      Am7        Em         Em7
Ohh I am, ohh I am the blues
                          Bm7
Ooh world knows I've been mistreated
     Am                         Em7
The whole world knows I've been misused


[Verse 2]
Em
I am the blood of peoples wounds, who play and die
Em
I am the the last one to hide
Em
I am the first one to find


[Chorus]
      Am7      Em           Em7
Ohh I am ohh I am the blues
    B                                Am
The world knows I've been mistreated
                                     Em7
The whole world knows I've been used


[Bridge]
Em
Well boys somebody help me


[Solo]
Em     Em7    Em
   A       Em
   Bm  A   Em
B             Em

[Verse 3]
Em
I am the new generation
Em
A prodigy of starvation
Em
I am the arm beyond the door friend
Em
For a new new night and nation


[Chorus]
Em                 Em7
I am, ohh I am the blues
Em                               Em7
I know the world knows I've been mistreated
Em                                 Em7
And the whole world know I've been misused


[Outro]
  Am         Em7
I am the blues
   A                     Em
Oh friends I am the blues
Em
Yeah the world know I been mistreated
    Bm                      Am
The whole world know I been used
Em     Bm   E