Wintertime Blues chords by John Hiatt

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G G7 C G D7 G

Verse:
G
I've been too long with my nose in a book
                   G7
I hope you sing just as good as you look
C                  G
Come on over baby, I got a song for you
D7                      G
A little jump of something I call wintertime blues
G
I wanna hear those mockingbird wings
           G7
I want gravy on everything
C                     G
Lovin' in the kitchen, what have we got to lose
D7                    G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues
G

Cold as snot with a big frozen smile
               G7
Ain't foolin' nobody after a while
C                       G
Time to let the cat out, I've got a real short fuse
D7                       G7
I'm just about to blow up these ol' wintertime blues, blow a while

Instrumental:
G G7 C G D7 G

Bridge:
C
There's no spring There was never any spring
                              G
Spring's a long gone thing There won't ever be a spring no more
C
At least that's the way it feels when your
C
Skin is cracked and peeled and you've been livin' under
C
Sixty pounds of blanket and the snow's drifting up to your window
C                         C C#  D
And you're out of firewood and the wolf is howling at your door

Verse:
G
Three hours of day light and all of them gray
G                    G7
The suicide prevention group has all run away
C                          G
I'm runnin' out of groceries, I ain't got no rubber shoes
D7                     G
Bring the bacon baby, I got the wintertime blues
G
I could cut a hole in the floor
G                G7
Catch you a fish by a quarter to four
C                            G
But I'm stuck up this mountain where I got a bird's eye view
D7                       G
Of couple more months of these ol' wintertime blues
       G  G
And it's a one, two, my lips are turning blue
C                   G
Come on over baby what have we got to lose
D7                    G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues
       G   G
And it's three, four, I'm stiff as Al Gore
C                   G
Come on over baby what have we got to lose
D7                    G
Just a nasty case of these ol' wintertime blues
            G  G
Well, it's the same old drill
  G       G
For Punxsutawney Phil
   G
If he sees his own shadow
       G
I'm shootin' to kill
C               G
Come on over baby, I stand accused
D7
There's a man going crazy up here
           G  G G7/B C7 C#dim7 D7sus4 Ab7 G7
With the wintertime blues