Howard Hughes Blues
John HartfordVersion1
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I wanna sing you a song about Vegas town and poor old Howard Hughes
Locked up there in his hotel suite trying to find his shoes
Well hes got so much to lose
Old Howard Hughes and all his blues
His Nurses and his chauffeurs they stand around and sigh
Watch the door and wait on him whatevers on his mind
And thats a hell of a lot to do
To guard old Howard Hughes and all his blues
And if he didnt have a nickel
If he didnt have a dime
He could do whatever he damn well please
He could do it all the time
But success is just a mess of overdue news (?)
For old Howard Hughes and all his blues
Hes always in the papers hes always on the news
But no one knows whose Hughes are Who (?) Or even whats the truth
or who is getting screwed
and its them and you know who and all his blues
Way down yonder on the Vegas strip where the regular people pass
I heard some say hes not too well
I heard hes sinking fast
But those are unofficial sources to the news
About poor old Howard Hughes and all his blues
And if he didnt have a nickel
If he didnt have a dime
He could do whatever he damn well please
He could do it all the time
But success is just a mess of overdue news (?)
For old Howard Hughes and all his blues
Now a bunch folks are writtin books about him
And some of them are awful long
I didnt really have that much time so I thought Id just write this song
Gotta get me in a few licks too
About old Howard Hughes and all his blues
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And if he didnt have a nickel
If he didnt have a dime
He could do whatever he damn well please
He could do it all the time
But success is just a mess of overdue news (?)
For old Howard Hughes and all his blues
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Readable chord sheet for Howard Hughes Blues by John Hartford
[C] [F] [Em] [Am] [F] [C] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C] [C]I wanna sing you a song about Vegas town and p[F]oor old Howard Hughes [Em]Locked up there in his [Am]hotel suite t[F]rying to find his s[C]hoes W[Am]ell hes got so much to[F] lose [C]Old Howard Hu[G]ghes and all his bl[C]ues [C]His Nurses and his chauffeurs they s[F]tand around and sigh [Em]Watch the door and [Am]wait on him wha[F]tevers on his mi[C]nd An[Am]d thats a hell of a lot [F]to do [C]To guard old Howard Hu[G]ghes and all his b[C]lues [C]And if he didnt have a nickel [F]If he didnt have a dime [Em]He could do whatever he [Am]damn well please [F]He could do it all the t[C]ime [Em]But success is just a [Am]mess of overdue n[F]ews (?) [C]For old Howard Hug[G]hes and all his bl[C]ues [C]Hes always in the papers hes al[F]ways on the news [Em]But no one knows whose Hugh[A]es are Who (?) Or [F]even whats the tr[C]uth [Am]or who is getting screw[F]ed and its t[C]hem and you know [G]who and all his b[C]lues [C]Way down yonder on the Vegas strip where the re[F]gular people pass [Em]I heard some say hes not too[Am] well [F]I heard hes sinking f[C]ast [Am]But those are unofficial sour[F]ces to the news [C]About poor old Howard Hu[G]ghes and all his b[C]lues [C]And if he didnt have a nickel [F]If he didnt have a dime [Em]He could do whatever he [Am]damn well please [F]He could do it all the t[C]ime [Em]But success is just a [Am]mess of overdue ne[F]ws (?) [C]For old Howard Hu[G]ghes and all his bl[C]ues [C]Now a bunch folks are writtin books about him [F]And some of them are awful long [Em]I didnt really have that [Am]much time so I th[F]ought Id just write this s[C]ong [Am]Gotta get me in a few licks t[F]oo [C]About old Howard Hu[G]ghes and all his b[C]lues (X2) [C]And if he didnt have a nickel [F]If he didnt have a dime [Em]He could do whatever he [Am]damn well please [F]He could do it all the t[C]ime [Em]But success is just a [Am]mess of overdue ne[F]ws (?) [C]For old Howard Hu[G]ghes and all his b[C]lues