William Campbell Powell © 2024
Am C+
Chorus 1 Where did I come from? I come from the Blues.
Dm C+
Where am I going? I'm going to lose.
Am C+
Where is my future? I'm sure I have none.
Eb° E7
Where is my hope? My hope is all gone.
Fm Am
My momma, she loved me, but she loved to fight.
E7 Am
My daddy, he left her, and vanished from sight.
Fm Am
So who can I trust, to love me and care?
C+ E7
I'm searching for someone, but nobody's there.
I'm standing alone, and around me is night
The darkness, it closes, it blots out the light
I'm sinking, I'm drowning, I can't reach the shore
I'm locked in my head, I can't open the door
(repeat chorus 1)
But I have a friend in these blues, two or three
There's Muddy, and Etta, all Howlin' for me
The pain doesn't go, but sometimes it fades.
The darkness recedes, there's a light in the shade.
The blues never leaves me, it's deep down inside
It laughs when I laugh, as it cried when I cried
The blues is the singer, and I am its song
I come from the blues, it survives when I'm gone
Am C+
Chorus 2 Where did I come from? I come from the blues
Dm C+
Where am I going? Wherever I choose
Am C+
Where is my hope, if not in my friends?
E7 Am
Where is my future? Around the next bend.
E7 Am
Where is my future? Around the next bend.