Bruce Cockburn

The Blues Got The World(Chords)

Bruce Cockburn

Key: Eb

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main fingerpicking pattern: 

E|-----3--3--3---|---3--------------| 
B|--1----------1-|-----1-----1---1--| 
G|-----2-----2---|-----2p0----2p0---| 
D|---------------|------------------| 
A|-3------3------|-3-------3--------| 
E|---------------|------------------| 

chromatic G7 turnaround at end of verses: 

E|-----------| 
B|-5-4-3-3---| 
G|---------0-| 
D|-5-4---3---| 
A|-0---------| 
E|-----3-----| 

Outro lick into those ending 9th chords: 

E|---0---0-------------------4-3-| 
B|-----4---1-----------------4-3-| 
G|-----------3p2p0---0-------4-3-| 
D|-----------------2---1h2---3-2-| 
A|-3-----------------------3-4-3-| 
E|-------------------------------| 
Intro C C6 C C6

Verse 1:

C I been down to Parliament, I been in school, C I been in jail to learn the Golden Rule, F F7 C been to the workhouse, served my time in those hallowed halls, G7 C the only thing I know is the blues got the world by the balls. C C6 C C6

Verse 2:

C I been to the tundra and the mountain too, C I been in Paris, doing what the Frenchmen do, F F7 C I been in Boston where the buildings grow so tall, G7 C everywhere you go, the blues got the world by the balls. mouth trumpet solo C C6 C C6 F F7 C C6 G7 C C6

Verse 3:

C You can catch 'em from the preacher or from the poolshark, C you can find them in the grammar of the socialite's remark, F F7 C or down in the washroom, you can read 'em on the wall, G7 C everywhere you look, the blues got the world by the balls, G7 N.C. I said, everywhere you look, the blues got the world by the balls. Outro G7 C#9 C9

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