Blues Run The Game Chords & Tabs

by Jackson C. Frank

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main Pattern:
BPM: 83
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 101]
Capo on the 6th fret.

[Verse 1]
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          
Wherever I have gone
    D      C              G    
The blues     are all the same.

[Verse 2]
G            C             G            C   
Send out for whisky, baby, send out for gin,
G           C               G           C             
Me and room service, honey, me and room service, babe,
G           C      
Me and room service
      D       C              G  
Well, we're living a life of sin

[Verse 3]
G            C               G             C    
When I'm not drinking, baby, you are on my mind,
G            C                G            C              
When I'm not sleeping, honey, when I ain't sleeping, mama,
G            C       
When I'm not sleeping
      D               C       G      
Well, you know you'll find me crying.

[Verse 4]
G           C           G       C    
Try another city, baby, another town,
G        C            G             C             
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone,
G        C          
Wherever I have gone
    D      C                 G    
The blues     come following down.

[Verse 5]
G           C             G                 C    
Living is a gamble, baby, loving's much the same,
G        C              G          C               
Wherever I have played, wherever I throw them dice,
G        C            
Wherever I have played
    D      C              G    
The blues    have run the game.

[Verse 6]
G     C                G                  C    
Maybe tomorrow, honey, someplace down the line,
G            C      G       C           
I'll wake up older, so much older, mama,
G       C    
Wake up older
    D              C      G      
And I'll just stop all my trying.

[Verse 1/Outro]
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          
Wherever I have gone
    D      C              G    
The blues     are all the same.