Blues Got a Hold On Me

( INTRO (HOOK-FIRST – GRAVELLY, LOW) Mmm… yeah… You can try to shake it… but it don’t shake free… Blues got a hold on me… CHORUS (BIG, RASPY, IMMEDIATE) Blues got a hold on me Like a chain I can’t unsee Runs through my blood like a memory Ain’t no settin’ me free Ohhh… I tried to let it go But it won’t let me be Blues got a hold… got a hold on me VERSE 1 Woke up with the sunrise Felt it burn in my chest Every step I been takin’ Ain’t been leadin’ to rest Got a fire in my bones And it don’t cool down I been dancin’ with the devil In a hand-me-down town PRE-CHORUS You can tell me to run… But I been runnin’ too long… CHORUS (REPEAT – STRONGER) Blues got a hold on me Like a chain I can’t unsee Runs through my blood like a memory Ain’t no settin’ me free Ohhh… I tried to let it go But it won’t let me be Blues got a hold… got a hold on me VERSE 2 (TURN UP ATTITUDE) I laughed in the daylight Cried in the dark Got a heart full of thunder And a soul full of sparks Every love I been chasin’ Turned to smoke in my hand Now I’m singin’ to the night… Tryin’ to understand PRE-CHORUS (SHORTER, TIGHTER) You can call it a curse… I call it my truth… 🔥 CHORUS (BIGGER – ADD BACKING VOCALS) Blues got a hold on me Like a chain I can’t unsee Runs through my veins like a melody Ain’t no settin’ me free Ohhh… I tried to let it go But it won’t let me be Blues got a hold… got a hold on me 🔥 BRIDGE (RAW, HALF-SPOKEN, BREAKING EDGE) (strip instruments down) Ain’t no doctor for this feelin’… Ain’t no cure I ever found… It’s the sound of every heartbreak… Still echoing in me now… FINAL CHORUS (FULL POWER – VOCAL BREAK MOMENT) Blues got a hold on me Like a chain I can’t unsee Runs through my soul like a memory Ain’t no settin’ me free Ohhh… I stopped tryin’ to run Now I just let it be… Blues got a hold… got a hold on me OUTRO (GRITTY, FADE) Yeah… Blues got a hold… …on me… Yes, Blues Got A Hold On me....