The Blues Got The World(Keyboard chords)

	        


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, 
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been to the workhouse, served my time in those hallowed halls, 
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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, 
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I been in Boston where the buildings grow so tall, 
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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, 
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or down in the washroom, you can read 'em on the wall, 
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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