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Date: 04.02.2007
Tabbed by Peter Tuyp (peter.tuyp@wxs.nl)
Subject:
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Sporting Life Blues (Road to Escondido)
Chords:
C x32013 x32010
Dsus4 x00233 xx0033
B7 x24242
G7 320001 320031
Cadd9 x32030
C7 x32310
F7 131211 131241
Bbes7 x13131
Fm/bes 113111
D/f# 200232
A7 x02020
Dsus2 x00230
D7sus4 x00213
G 320033
Intro chords: C C Dsus4 B7 G7 C Dsus4 B7 G7|-3---3---3-0---0-0---0-3---3-2---2-1---1-1---1-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-3---3-2---2-1---1-1---1-||-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3-4---4-3---3-3---3-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3-4---4-3---3-3---3-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---0-4---4-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---0-4---4-0---0-0---0-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---0-2---2-2---2-2---2-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---0-2---2-2---2-2---2-||-----------------------------------3---3-3---3-----------------------------------3---3-3---3-|
I'm getting Intro solo: C Dsus4 B7 G7|-------------3-------------------------------------------------------3------------------||-------1-3/5------------------------5-6------------------------1-3/4-3------------------||---0-2----------------------------------5---5---5/7-5------0h3---------5-2-0--5-----0---||------------------------------------------7---7---------------------------------2-3-----||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1: C Cadd9 C7 Cadd9 F7 Bbes7 Fm/bes|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1-1---1-3---1-||-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---4---1-4---4-4---4-3---3---1-3---1-1---1-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-3---3---0-3---3-3---3-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||---------------------------------------------1---1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------| tired of hanging 'round. Think I will marry and settle down. 'Cause this old
C D/f# G7 C A7 Dsus2 G7|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-1---1---1---1-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1-1---1-||-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3---3---3-1---1---1-2---2-2---2-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-0---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---4---4-0---0---0---0-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---2---2-2---2---2---2-3---3---3-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-||-----------------------2---2---2-3---3---3---3-----------------------------------3---3-3---3-| nightlife, this old sportlife is killing me. I got a
Verse 2: C Cadd9 C7 Cadd9 F7 Bbes7 Fm/bes|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1-1---1-3---1-||-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---4---1-4---4-4---4-3---3---1-3---1-1---1-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-3---3---0-3---3-3---3-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||---------------------------------------------1---1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------| letter from my home. Most of my friends are dead and gone. I begin to
C D/f# G7 C A7 Dsus2 G7|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-1---1---1---1-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1-1---1-||-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3---3---3-1---1---1-2---2-2---2-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-0---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---4---4-0---0---0---0-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---2---2-2---2---2---2-3---3---3-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-||-----------------------2---2---2-3---3---3---3-----------------------------------3---3-3---3-| worry, I begin to wonder 'bout days to come. My mother
Verse 3: C Cadd9 C7 Cadd9 F7 Bbes7 Fm/bes|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1-1---1-3---1-||-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---4---1-4---4-4---4-3---3---1-3---1-1---1-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-3---3---0-3---3-3---3-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||---------------------------------------------1---1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------| used to talk to me. I was young and foolish could not see. Now I got no
C D/f# G7 C A7 Dsus2 G7|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-1---1---1---1-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1-1---1-||-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3---3---3-1---1---1-2---2-2---2-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-0---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---4---4-0---0---0---0-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---2---2-2---2---2---2-3---3---3-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-||-----------------------2---2---2-3---3---3---3-----------------------------------3---3-3---3-| mother. My sisters and brothers, don't care for me
Solo: C C7 F7 |-------3h5p3--------------12-------------------------------||-5-4-5--------3/5------------13----------------------------||------------------5---3---------12-10----10-12-10-12-------||--------------------5-----------------13-------------13-10-||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bbes7|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||----8-10h12p10-8-10----8h10p8-12-10-8----||-10-----------------10----------------10-||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
C D/f# G7 |----------8----8-12-13-14-15---14-13-11----11----------------------------||-----8-10---10--------------------------13----13-11----------------------||-7/9------------------------------------------------12-10----------10-12-||----------------------------------------------------------13-10-13-------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C A7 Dsus2 G7|---------------------------------------------------------------||-----10-13-15b17-13-15-----13-------15b17-15-13----------------||--12-------------------14-----14----------------14b15-12-------||---------------------------------------------------------15-13-||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------|
C C7 F7 Bbes7|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------6-8-6h8p6---6-------||-5---3-----------5---3-5-5-3-------5---8p7p5---5---5---5-8-----------8---8-5---||---5---5-4-3-------5-----------5/7-----------7---7-----------------------------||-------------6-3---------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C D/f#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------6h8-8-6h8p6---6------------------------------------------10-13-15-15b17-||---5-8-------------8---8/10-8-------------------------9-10-9-12----------------||-8----------------------------10--10-10/14-10----8-10--------------------------||----------------------------------------------10-------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G7 C A7 Dsus2 G7|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-14b15-12-14----12-7/9---------------------5-8p7p5---5-7/8-7------------------||-------------14--------10----8-10-10\5-5-7---------7---------10-7-------------||--------------------------10--------------------------------------10-8-7------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------10-8-| I swear I'm
Verse 4: C Cadd9 C7 Cadd9 F7 Bb7 Fm/bes|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1-1---1-3---1-||-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---4---1-4---4-4---4-3---3---1-3---1-1---1-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-3---3---0-3---3-3---3-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||---------------------------------------------1---1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------| gonna change my ways. I'm gettin' older every day. When I was young and
C D/f# G7 C A7 Dsus2 G7|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-1---1---1---1-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1-1---1-||-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3---3---3-1---1---1-2---2-2---2-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-0---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---4---4-0---0---0---0-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---2---2-2---2---2---2-3---3---3-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-||-----------------------2---2---2-3---3---3---3-----------------------------------3---3-3---3-| foolish it was so easy to run and play. I'm getting
Verse 5: C Cadd9 C7 Cadd9 F7 Bb7 Fm/bes|-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1---1-1---1-3---1-||-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---1---3-1---1-1---1-1---4---1-4---4-4---4-3---3---1-3---1-1---1-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-3---3---0-3---3-3---3-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-||---------------------------------------------1---1---1-1---1-1---1-----------------------| tired of hanging 'round. Think I will marry and settle down. 'Cause this old
C D/f# G7 C A7 |-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-1---1---1---1-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-||-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3---3---3-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-0---0---0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---0---0-0---0---0---0-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-||-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---0---0-2---2---2---2-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-||-----------------------2---2---2-3---3---3---3-----------------------------------------------| nightlife, this old sportlife is killing me. This old
D7sus4 G C F7 C Cadd9|-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-0---0---0-1---1-1---1-0----0--0-||-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-1---1---1-1---1-1---1-1----3--1-||-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-2---2-2---2-0----0--0-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-1---1-1---1-2----2--2-||-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-3---3---3-3---3-3---3-3----3--3-||-----------------------3---3---3-3---3-3---3-----------1---1-1---1-----------| nightlife, this old sportlife is killing me.
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