Kozmic Blues Chords & Tabs

by Janis Joplin

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Basic Pattern:
BPM: 59
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 1]
Variation for Chorus:
BPM: 177
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 101]
Kozmic Blues
Janis Joplin
Chords and lyrics
[Intro](play 2x)
Am Am/G Am/F# Am/F

[Verse]
Am              Dm       
Time__    keeps movin' on
Am Am/G      Am/F#     Am/F
Friends they turn away.
F             G 
I keep movin' on
      F               G  
But I never found out why
       Am                        
I keep pushing so hard the dream,
I keep tryin' to make it right
        E7                        
Through another lonely day, whoaa.
Am   Am/G   Am/F#   Am/F
Am               Dm       
Dawn____ has come at last,
Am          Am/G              Am/F#            Am/F 
Twenty-five years, honey just in one night, oh yeah.
F                           G        
Well, I'm twenty-five years older now
    F                 G    
So I know we can't be right
           Am           
And I'm no better, baby,
And I can't help you no more
                E7          
Than I did when just a girl.

[Chorus]
A                         Bm                       
Aww, but it don't make no difference, baby, no, no,
D                       A          
And I know that I could always try.
A                Bm                     
It don't make no difference, baby, yeah,
D                    
I better hold it now,
D                      
I better need it, yeah,
D                         D  A
I better use it till the day I
Am    Am/GAm/F#
die, whoa.

[Verse]
Am          Dm                      
Don't_____ expect any answers, dear,
Am        Am/G                       Am/F#     Am/F
For I know that they don't come with age, no, no.
F                                     G           
Well, ain't never gonna love you any better, babe.
        F                    G     
And I'm never gonna love you right,
                 Am                    
So you'd better take it now, right now.

[Chorus]
A                         Bm                       
Aww, but it don't make no difference, baby, no, no,
D                       A          
And I know that I could always try.
A                     Bm             
There's a fire inside everyone of us,
D                        
You'd better need it now,
D                      
I got to hold it, yeah,
D                         D  A
I better use it till the day I
A  
die

[Verse 3]
              Bm                        D  
Don't make no difference, babe, no, no, no,
                  A         
And it never ever will, hey,
                                   Bm           
I wanna talk about a little bit of loving, yeah,
D                      
I got to hold it, baby,
D                     
I'm gonna need it now,
D                    D  A    
I'm gonna use it, say, aaaah,
A             Bm                     
Don't make no difference, babe, yeah,
D                            A   
Ah honey, I'd hate to be the one.
                     A            
I said you're gonna live your life
                 Bm            
And you're gonna love your life
   D                           A          
Or babe, someday you're gonna have to cry.
      A            Bm  
Yes indeed, yes indeed,
       D                    A    
yes indeed, Ah, baby, yes indeed.
A  Bm  D  A                  
(continue until end and fade)
I said you, you're always gonna hurt me,
I said you're always gonna let me down,
I said everywhere, every day, every day
And every way, every way.
Ah honey won't you hold on to what's gonna move.
I said it's gonna disappear when you turn your back.
I said you know it ain't gonna be there
When you wanna reach out and grab on