E
I'd tie a string around each finger,
        B7th
'cept it wouldn't mean a thing.
      E
I only got so many fingers,
      A
I only got so much string...

E       B7th               E   A
There's something I've got to do but,
    E        B7th     E
I've got the Alzheimer blues.

There's something I've got to tell you,
There's something I should have said,
I've got the feeling,
I'd been better off in bed.

There's something I've got to do...
I've got the Alzheimer blues.

I think I know the answer,
but it's one that I dread.
Instead of it being everyone else,
it's all in my head.

There's something I've got to say to you...
I've got the Alzheimer blues.

I'd tie a string around each finger,
but it wouldn't mean a thing.
I only got so many fingers,
I only got so much string...

There's something I've got to say or do...
I've got the Alzheimer blues.

        E
There's something I've got to tell you,
        B7th
There's something I've got to do...
     E
but I can't remember anyhow,
     A
I've got the Alzheimer blue...
     E       B7th     E    A
I've got the Alzheimer......
 E         B7th        E
I've got..................

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