Tom: E 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