Howard Hughes Blues John Hartford www.johnhartford.com Tab by Arejay156 I noticed John Hartford tabs are really hard to find so here is H.H. Blues. I’m not sure how correct it is, but it sounds pretty good to me. Also, some of the lyrics are questionable, but this should be close. Intro: C F Em Am F C Am F C G C

^CI wanna sing you a song about Vegas town and p^Foor old Howard Hughes ^EmLocked up there in his ^Amhotel suite t^Frying to find his s^Choes W^Amell he’s got so much ^Fto lose… ^COld Howard Hu^Gghes and all his bl^Cues

^CHis Nurses and his chauffeurs they s^Ftand around and sigh ^EmWatch the door and ^Amwait on him wha^Ftever’s on his ^Cmind An^Amd that’s a hell of a lo^Ft to do… ^CTo guard old Howard Hu^Gghes and all his b^Clues

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^CAnd if he didn’t have a nickel ^FIf he didn’t have a dime ^EmHe could do whatever he ^Amdamn well please ^FHe could do it all the t^Cime ^EmBut success is just a ^Ammess of overdue n^Fews (?) … ^CFor old Howard Hug^Ghes and all his bl^Cues

^CHe’s always in the papers he’^Fs always on the news ^EmBut no one knows whose Hugh^Aes are Who (?) Or ^Feven what’s the ^Ctruth ^Amor who is getting screw^Fed… and it’s^C them and you kno^Gw who and all his^C blues

^CWay down yonder on the Vegas strip where the re^Fgular people pass ^EmI heard some say he’s not t^Amoo well ^FI heard he’s sinking^C fast ^AmBut those are unofficial sour^Fces to the news… ^CAbout poor old Howard Hu^Gghes and all his b^Clues

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^CAnd if he didn’t have a nickel ^FIf he didn’t have a dime ^EmHe could do whatever he ^Amdamn well please ^FHe could do it all the t^Cime ^EmBut success is just a ^Ammess of overdue ne^Fws (?) … ^CFor old Howard Hu^Gghes and all his bl^Cues

^CNow a bunch folks are writtin’ books about him ^FAnd some of them are awful long ^EmI didn’t really have tha^Amt much time so I ^Fthought I’d just write th^Cis song ^AmGotta get me in a few licks t^Foo…

^CAbout old Howard Hu^Gghes and all his b^Clues

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John Hartford - Howard hughes blues