[Intro: Slide guitar figure, loose and confident, audience claps along softly] - Chord Progression: A - D - E - A [Verse 1: Soulful, blues-inflected male vocal, rhythmic and assured] A D I found a room down south of nowhere, walls were thin and true E A Where the hurt gets put to music and the music gets you through A D Didn't need a reason to be there, didn't need a name E A Just needed somewhere honest I could go and feel the same [Pre-Chorus: Rhythm tightens, anticipation builds] D E That's where the blues live, down in the low light D E That's where the blues live, held tight [Chorus (Short): Full band, punchy and warm] A D E A Where the blues live, where the truth don't have to hide A D E A Where the blues live, right here on the inside [Post-Chorus (Main Release): Guitar and guest vocal trade an extended, joyful call and response, full band locked in] - Chord Progression: A - D - E - A (Repeating, guitar and vocal trading phrases) [Verse 2: Vocal deepens, more grounded] A D I've carried grief in different rooms, dressed up in different clothes E A But the blues don't care what you're wearing, the blues already knows A D It meets you honest, meets you tired, meets you at your worst E A And somehow singing through it always felt like healing first [Pre-Chorus: Repeat, soulful female guest vocal harmonizes] D E That's where the blues live, down in the low light D E That's where the blues live, held tight [Chorus (Short): Repeat, fuller] A D E A Where the blues live, where the truth don't have to hide A D E A Where the blues live, right here on the inside [Post-Chorus (Main Release): Extended and joyful again, full band and audience clapping along, guest vocal ad-libbing] - Chord Progression: A - D - E - A (Repeating) [Outro: Groove eases down slowly, slide guitar has the last word, audience cheering warmly] - Chord Progression: A - E - A [End]
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