The Blues Brothers

Shot Gun Blues(Chords)

The Blues Brothers

Key: F

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Intro: 
F9  (E9) 
Eb9 
Bb7 
F9 

Verse 
Bb7 
Every night I go to sleep 
Eb9                   Bb7 
The blues fall down like rain 
Eb9 
Every night I go to sleep 
                       Bb7 
The blues fall down like rain 
F9                        E9 Eb9 
Taking pills, cheap whiskey 
Bb7                          Eb9   Bb7    F9 
Just to try to ease the pain 


Verse 
Bb7 
Well it's hard to gamble 
Eb9 
When you lose every bet 
Bb7 
Hard to save money 

When you're twenty years in debt 
Eb9 
The blues is falling 
                            Bb7 
Falling down on me like rain 
F9                                E9 Eb9 
I'm gonna take a shotgun now people 
                   Bb7       Eb9   Bb7    F9 
And disconnect my brain 

Matt 'Guitar' Murphy! 

Solo 
Bb7    Bb7    Bb7    Bb7 
Eb9    Eb9    Bb7    Bb7 
F9 (E9)Eb9    Bb7    Bb7 

Bb7    Bb7    Bb7    Bb7 
Eb9    Eb9    Bb7    Bb7 
F9 (E9)Eb9    Bb7    F9 

Verse 
Bb7 
I made some mistakes 
Eb9 
Had some bad breaks 
Bb7 
Now my mind don't work 

And my whole body aches 
Eb9 
The blues is falling 
                            Bb7 
Falling down on me like rain 
F9                    E9 Eb9 
My life is like water 
                       Bb7       Eb9   Bb7    F9 
Just swirling down the drain 

Verse 
Bb7 
Well I tried standin' up 
Eb9 
I keep on falling down 
Bb7 
Tried standing up 

Keep on fallin' down 
F9               E9 Eb9 N.C. 
Everywhere I go 
Bb7 
The blues is all around 

Outro 
B  Bb
	        

Written by Don Walsh

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