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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----|
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-/4-----2---0----|
-----------------|
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--0---0---0---2--|
2: -/3----5---7-\--|
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-/4----5---7-\--|
----------------|
----------------|
-0---0---0---0--|
[-3-] [-3-] [-3-] [-3----|
3: --------------------------|
-0h3p0--------------------|
-------0h2p0--------------|
-------------0h2p0--------|
-------------------0h2p0--|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/counting_crows/blues_run_the_game_tab.html ]
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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