Colin Meloy

Blues Run The Game(Chords)

Colin Meloy

Key: G

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verse 1 

C               Fmaj7          C        Fmaj7 
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain, 
C        Fmaj7        C             Fmaj7 
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone, 
C        Fmaj7 
Wherever I have gone 
    G          Fmaj7      C 
The blues     are all the same. 

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7 

verse 2 

C            Fmaj7         C            Fmaj7 
Send out for whisky, baby, send out for gin, 
C           Fmaj7           C           Fmaj7 
Me and room service, honey, me and room service, babe, 
C           Fmaj7 
Me and room service 
      G       Fmaj7          C 
Well, we're living a life of sin 

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7 


verse 3 

C            Fmaj7           C             Fmaj7 
When I'm not drinking, baby, you are on my mind, 
C            Fmaj7            C            Fmaj7 
When I'm not sleeping, honey, when I ain't sleeping, mama, 
C            Fmaj7 
When I'm not sleeping 
      G               Fmaj7   C 
Well, you know you'll find me crying. 

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7 

verse 4 

C           Fmaj7       C       Fmaj7 
Try another city, baby, another town, 
C        Fmaj7        C             Fmaj7 
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone, 
C        Fmaj7 
Wherever I have gone 
    G      Fmaj7             C 
The blues     come following down. 

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7 

Verse 5 

C           Fmaj7         C                 Fmaj7 
Living is a gamble, baby, loving's much the same, 
C        Fmaj7          C          Fmaj7 
Wherever I have played, wherever I throw them dice, 
C        Fmaj7 
Wherever I have played 
    G      Fmaj7          C 
The blues    have run the game. 

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7 

Verse 6 

C     Fmaj7            C                  Fmaj7 
Maybe tomorrow, honey, someplace down the line, 
C            Fmaj7  C       Fmaj7 
I'll wake up older, so much older, mama, 
C       Fmaj7 
Wake up older 
    G              Fmaj7  C 
And I'll just stop all my trying. 

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7 

Outro 

C               Fmaj7          C        Fmaj7 
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain, 
C        Fmaj7        C             Fmaj7 
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone, 
C        Fmaj7 
Wherever I have gone 
    G      Fmaj7          C 
The blues     are all the same. 

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7    C
	        

Written by Jackson C. Frank

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