{"id":10296,"date":"2022-06-05T00:02:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T00:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=10296"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:26:11","slug":"old-blevins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/old-blevins\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Blevins – RECORD AND REVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beatitudes alternate version at bottom
\nBILL DOES THIS IN THE KEY OF A – CLICK HERE<\/span> <\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Lounge Lizards, Tom Rush<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[Verse 1] - - - <\/span>We [G] had a little quarrel, she and I.  <\/span><\/span>She [C] told me just to curl up and die.  <\/span><\/span>I [D] crept out to drown my sorrows.  <\/span><\/span>At a joint called no tomorrows.  <\/span>Where the [D] old man came and looked me in the eye . . . <\/span><\/span>Old [G] Blevins\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 2] - - - <\/span>I could [G] see he had some wisdom to impart.  <\/span><\/span>Some [C] story that was etched and burned and stamped u<\/span><\/span>pon his heart.  <\/span>Then his [D] eyes began to glisten.   <\/span><\/span>'Cause he could see that I would listen.  <\/span>We [D] sat there at that bar 'til nearly three.  <\/span><\/span>And this is what Old [G] Blevins said to me\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } - - - <\/span>He said [C] \"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah [G] blah - <\/span><\/span>In Tijuana [C] blah blah blah [D] back in 1963  <\/span><\/span>[C] Blah blah blah blah [G] blah blah blah blah - - - <\/span><\/span>You should have [D] been there blah blah blah\" - - - <\/span><\/span>Is what Old [C] Blevins said to [G] me\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 3] - - - <\/span>I [G] sat there and I listened to his words - - - <\/span><\/span>As they [C] flapped around my head like little birds. - - - <\/span><\/span>Had he [D] gone plumb 'round the bend . . . <\/span><\/span>Or could I just not comprehend . . . <\/span>His [C] lips were writing [D] lines I could not read.  <\/span><\/span> When [G] suddenly, it all came clear to me\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n          HIT SCROLL DOWN BUTTON HERE\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n{ CHORUS } - - - <\/span>As [C] he said \"Blah blah blah blah [G] blah blah blah blah\r\n<\/span><\/span>Them crazy [C] hippies [A] blah blah blah [D] blah no effect on me. - - - <\/span><\/span>[C] Blah blah blah blah [G] blah blah blah blah - - - <\/span><\/span>The great depression [D] blah blah blah\" - - - <\/span>And [C] he would not [G] leave me be.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Bridge] - - - <\/span>Old [A] Blevins was still talking when I seized my chance to flee\r\n<\/span><\/span>Back [C] home she's didn't [D] know I'm not the fool I used to be\r\n<\/span><\/span>But [C] I know that a man and [G] woman's lives were somehow changed\r\n<\/span><\/span>By a [C] loathesome toothless [A] geezer, incoherent and [D] deranged\r\n<\/span><\/span>And my [C] memories of that evening fuel an [G] inner-mounting fear\r\n<\/span><\/span>That [C] I might become old [A] Blevins anywhere that they sell [D] beer\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } SEE ALT WORDS BELOW\r\n<\/span>[C] And I'll say \"Blah blah blah blah [G] blah blah blah blah\r\n<\/span><\/span>I don't remember [C] blah blah blah [A] blah blah blah  - - - <\/span><\/span>[D] Mistakes were made - - - <\/span><\/span>[C] Blah blah blah blah [G] blah blah blah blah - - - <\/span><\/span>How 'bout them [D] Cowboys? Blah blah blah\" - - - <\/span><\/span>Like Old [C] Blevins used to [G] say - - -  - - - <\/span><\/span>[D] Old [G] Blevins\r\n\r\nALT WORDS:<\/span>\r\nAnd I'll say \"Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah DONNA TAYLOR.   - - - blah blah blah FOOD SERVICE IS SO SLOW,  - - - I\u2019ll say, Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah YEP, ADAM SAID THAT,  - - - blah blah blah Like Old Blevins said to me, Old Blevins.<\/span> \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beatitudes alternate version at bottom BILL DOES THIS IN THE KEY OF A – CLICK HERE Austin Lounge Lizards, Tom Rush [Verse 1] – – – We [G] had a little quarrel, she and I. She [C] told me just to curl up and die. I [D] crept out to … CLICK TO VIEW SONGOld Blevins – RECORD AND REVIEW<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10296"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33837,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10296\/revisions\/33837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}