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Blues Run The Game
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Original by Jackson C. Frank
Arrangement by Counting Crows
Tabbed by Jan Koornstra (wizardofzoo@gmail.com; http://www.5-am.tk)
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Capo 5th
Chords (relative to capo):
'G': 3x0003
'C': 3x201x
'Em': 022000
'Em/F#': 2xx000
'F': 1x001x
'D': 5x403x
Solo:
a |-3--------------------------------------------------------------|e |-----------3-----1p0-------------------3---------1--------------|c |-0-----0h2-------------2---0-------0h2---------0-------0--------|g |-----------------------------------------------------------0----|d |----------------------------------------------------------------|a |-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---1---1---1---1--|
[----------------|]* -3-------------------------------0---------------0--------------| -----------3-----1p0-------------0-----0--------------0---------| -------0h2-------------2---0-----0---------0-----0---------0----| ---------------------------------2------------------------------| ---------------------------------2------------------------------| -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---2--|
-3----------------------------------------------| -----------3-----1p0-------------3-------1------| -------0h2-------------2---0--------------------| ---------------------------------4-------2------| ------------------------------------------------| -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---3---3--|
-3--------------------------------3--------------------3--------| -------0-------------------1-----------0---------0h1-------1----| -0---------0-----------0-------------------0-----------0--------| -----------------0h2-----------------------------0h2-------2----| ----------------------------------------------------------------| -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--|
* Some variations:
1: -/3-----2---0----| -----------------| -/4-----2---0----| -----------------| -----------------| --0---0---0---2--|
2: -/3----5---7-\--| ----------------| -/4----5---7-\--| ----------------| ----------------| -0---0---0---0--|
[-3-] [-3-] [-3-] [-3----|3: --------------------------| -0h3p0--------------------| -------0h2p0--------------| -------------0h2p0--------| -------------------0h2p0--| --------------------------|
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G C G C
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain
G C G C
Wherever I have gone, wherever IÂ’ve been and gone
G C D C G C G C
Wherever I have gone, the blues run the game
G C G C
Send out for whisky, baby, send out for gin
G C Em Em/F#
Me and room service, honey, me and room service, mama
G C D C G C G C
Me and room service, well, weÂ’re living a life of sin
G C G F
When IÂ’m not drinking, baby, you are on my mind
G C Em Em/F#
When IÂ’m not sleeping, honey, when I ainÂ’t sleeping, mama
G C D C G C G C
When IÂ’m not sleeping, well, you know you find me crying
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G C G C
Try another city baby, another town
G C Em Em/F#
Wherever I have gone, wherever IÂ’ve been and gone
G C D C G C G C
Wherever I have gone, the blues come following down
G C G F
Living is a gamble, baby, lovingÂ’s much the same
G C Em Em/F#
Wherever I have played, whenever IÂ’ve thrown those dice
G C D C G C G C
Wherever I have played, the blues, they run the game
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G C G C
Maybe tomorrow, honey, some place down the line
G C Em Em/F#
IÂ’ll wake up older, so much older, mama
G C D C G C G C
IÂ’ll wake up older and IÂ’ll just stop all my trying
G C G C
So catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain
G C G C
Wherever I have gone, wherever IÂ’ve been and gone
G C D C
Wherever I have gone, the blues...are all the same...
G C G C
G
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