Intro: E  A  E   E E4 
 
    E                  A          E  E4  E 
Old man on the corner, singing my life 
                                    A         E  E4 E 
And he's playing that guitar with a rusty old knife 
                                             A 
And every line that he sings rhymes with the truth 
        E          B                    A 
And the promise of something beyond the blues 
           E 
Beyond the blues 
 

E                          A        E  E4 E 
Me and my darling took the long way around 
                                        A            E  E4 E 
Through the wide open countries and the heart attack towns 
                                                 A 
To every fork in the road where we've all got to choose 
        E            B                 A 
Between darkness and light, beyond the blues 
 

           E                 A                   E  E4 E 
Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain 
           B                    E 
Beyond the darkness and all the pain 
                       A                           E  E4 E 
When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes 
            B                              A 
Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues 
           E 
Beyond the blues 
 
Solo 
 

E                         A             E  E4 E 
Old man on the corner has been gone for years 
                                  A     E  E4 E 
And that guitar in the night bled rusty tears 
                                               A 
But there's a song that he left us we'll never lose 
     E           B                          A 
That love is the road that leads beyond the blues 
           E 
Beyond the blues 
 

           E                 A                   E 
Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, beyond the rain 
           B                    E 
Beyond the darkness and all the pain 
                       A                           E 
When you're walking in circles, with holes in your shoes 
            B                              A 
Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues 
           E 
Beyond the blues 
            B                              A 
Love is the road that leads out beyond the blues