Most of the song is quite easy, as it's a simple 12 bar blues.
You can play just the chords, but if you listen to the record that's not all.
Sonny uses one of his techniques (no idea how it works exactly) to create an amazing sound.
Intro: Am Asus4 (repeat some times)
Air Force One had a heck of a view
Air Force One had a heck of a view
Looking down on the patchwork of the blue tarp blues.
I went walkin through the water sprung a leak in my shoes
I went walkin through the water sprung a leak in my shoes
that hole in my soul give me the blue tarp blues.
I got the blues
I got the blue blue tarp blues.
Slide solo over Verse Chords
There's a crack in the ceiling and the system too
There's a crack in the ceiling and the system too
But we got full coverage of the blue tarp blues.
I got the blues
I got the blue blue tarp blues.
Solo over Verse Chords
No it wasn't the weather that sank me and you
It was a bad mix of politics, greed and fools
That levee of lies couldn't hold back the truth
We're in deep but not out of the reach
Throw me something, mister.
Intro again
I'm gonna fly my colors and watch for you
I'm gonna fly my colors and watch for you
Like a flag of hope, above the blue tarp blues
I got the blues
I got the blue blue tarp blues.