[Verso 1]
 E              A          D             A 
Last night when I felt so lonely and so blue 
A                  D 
I was playing that old time blues 
      A               E 
The blues of old Calahan. 
              A       D              A 
Well, he was born in Kentucky, far away 
                      D 
He would be soon the famest man 
    A    E     A 
Kentucky ever knew 


[Refrão]
   A 
I took my guitar and my old country fiddle 
  D                     A        E 
Played me a song of the old Calahan. 
   A 
He once was a star in the days of the union 
D        A             E        A 
We all know him as the old Calahan. 
 
 
[Verso 2]
E            A            D            A 
Well, he was poor with no penny to his name 
  A                    D 
There was sorrow and there was pain 
     A              E 
But no-one was to blame. 
            A            D             A 
He went to town, just a guitar in his hands 
                    D 
He made fortune and he got fame 
    A       E         A 
At last he made the grade. 
  
  
[Refrão]
 A 
I took my guitar and my old country fiddle 
  D                     A        E 
Played me a song of the old Calahan. 
   A 
He once was a star in the days of the union 
D        A             E        A 
We all know him as the old Calahan.   


[Verso 3]
E              A          D              A 
Last night when I felt so lonely and so blue 
A                  D 
I was playing that old time blues 
      A               E 
The blues of old Calahan. 
E         A           D               A 
So I can tell you wherever, my best friends 
  A                   D 
When you're lonely, when you're blue 
      A       E     A 
Just play it like I do.
  
 
[Refrão]
  A 
I took my guitar and my old country fiddle 
  D                     A        E 
Played me a song of the old Calahan. 
   A 
He once was a star in the days of the union 
D        A             E        A 
We all know him as the old Calahan. 

   A 
I took my guitar and my old country fiddle 
  D                     A        E 
Played me a song of the old Calahan. 
   A 
He once was a star in the days of the union 
D        A             E        A 
We all know him as the old Calahan.