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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 I’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, we’re living a life of sin

G            C               G             F
When I’m not drinking, baby, you are on my mind
G            C               Em                     Em/F#
When I’m not sleeping, honey, when I ain’t sleeping, mama
G           C                    D        C      G       C     G     C
When I’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 I’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, loving’s much the same
G        C            Em                          Em/F#
Wherever I have played, whenever I’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#
I’ll wake up older, so much older, mama
G            C              D         C      G      C    G    C
I’ll wake up older and I’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 I’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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