Transcendental Meditation Blues Chords

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Transcendental Meditation Blues by Sam Bush is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, Em, D, Am, C and Bus. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: G F G F Em D 

verse 1 
 G      F     Am                  D        G 
In my hurry, I can ever seem to get nowhere 
 G        F     Am 
When I play it out 
                        D         G 
Close my eyes and I am halfway there 
 G      F    Am                 D           G 
All I carry is this remedy to seek you again 
G        F              Am 
So I'm sending out this signal that I'??m traveling to 
     D         G 
As fast as I can 

Em       D       C       G 
To the crowded station gate 
Em         D              C          G 
A month of Sundays just to make it through 
Em        D            C          G 
Another window in this terminal wait 
C                    G               Am 
There ain't no easy way to pay these dues 
G               F              C         G 
Save for these transcendental meditation blues 

G  F  G  F Em C 

verse 2 
 G      F     Am                                     D            G 
I don't worry the old black man beside me has got a smile on his face 
 G      F           Am 
I know I'm weary now, I know that this old greyhound 
       D               G 
Bus has seen better days 

Em       D       C       G 
Damnedest dixie highway run 
Em       D       C       G 
Old dead dog in these trisco shoes 
Em       D       C       G 
A dollar short and the same old song 
C                    G               Am 
There ain't no better way to send the news 
G               F              C         G 
So I sing these Transcendental Meditation Blues 

Solo 

verse 3 
Em        C         G           D 
When I'm broke down are you waiting? 
Em        C           G              D 
Are you waiting with the porch light on 
Em        C          G             D            C 
Do you wonder will I always just be too long gone 
Em           D            C       G 
The river is wide and the valley low 
Em         G          C       G 
Miles to go and mountains to move 

Outro 
Em       D          C     G 
Bended life for my only one 
           C               G         Am     G 
Through the brambles and the broken avenues 
           F                C        G 
For these transcendental meditation blues 

G F G F C D G 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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100 BPM Andante