Bluesman Lyrics - Harry Chapin

The kid heard the word up in Brooklyn 

It was his second year of medical school 

He went and stashed some jeans into his guitar case 

His father said, "You're a fool" 

But the boy jumped on board a Greyhound bus 

It took him two days to get to Mobile 

And though it took two weeks to track the old man down 

He never doubted that the rumor was real 

But there the old man stood by the store front 

With his white cane hanging from his belt 

And he was bending the steel of his guitar strings 

So it seemed like the metal had to melt 

He was the last of the street corner singers 

Paying his final years of dues 

The voice in his throat was like a bullfrog croak 

Yes it's he who invented the blues 

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"To play the blues, boy, you got to live 'em 

Got your dues, boy, you know you got to give 'em 

Got to start sweet like a slow blues rhythm 

Like a heartbeat you'll always be with 'em 

When you're married to the blues, boy 

Your guitar is your wife 

It's like that fine old woman 

Who you're faithful to for life." 

Well the kid walked up as the blind man finished 

And was bent to put his guitar away 

The old man heard him and said, "Who are you?" 

"I'm the kid you're gonna teach to play." 

The old man laughed but the kid kept talking 'bout 

How he'd help him get around 

That's when the old man said 

"I don't need no fool to get me where in the hell I'm bound" 

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The kid nods his head with a great big grin and says 

"When do we begin?" 

That's when the old man said 

"If You're staying with me 

This is how it's got to be " 

"To play the blues, boy, you got to live 'em 

Got your dues, boy, you know you got to give 'em 

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