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The Blues - Randy Newman (with Paul Simon)
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Randy Newman (with Paul Simon)
The Blues (1983)
(Randy Newman)
From: "Trouble in Paradise"
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-E
G/B 3-0-0-0-2-x
C/E 0-1-0-2-3-0
D/F# 2-3-2-0-x-2
Gsus4 3-1-0-0-x-3
Abaug x-5-5-6-x-4 or
x-1-1-2-x-4
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C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1) C/E (x3111x@5) He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CBurned (x32010@1)up in a factory in Springfield, Mass.
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1) C/E (x3111x@5) He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
F (133211@1) GHustlin' (320003@1)down the city streets and
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F# Gsus4 (3x0013@1) G (320003@1) Selling his ass for a dollar bag
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1) C/E (x3111x@5)He's gonna tell you 'bout his uncle Neddy
F (133211@1) G (320003@1) CLocked (x32010@1)up in a prison out in Oregon
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1) C/E (x3111x@5)He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
F (133211@1) GKilled (320003@1)in a bar fight
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/F# Gsus4 (3x0013@1) GWith (320003@1)a pair of marines and a sailor, oh
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1)C/E (x3111x@5) FHe's (133211@1)got the blues, this boy, he's got the blues
GYou (320003@1)can hear it in his music
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1)C/E (x3111x@5) FHe's (133211@1)got the blues, this boy has got the blues
GYou (320003@1)can hear it, you can hear it
[Paul Simon]
Am (x02210@1) Abaug (03211x@1)When I was nine years old
C/G (3x555x@1) D7/F# (200212@1)My daddy ran away
C/G (3x555x@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G/BWith (143121@7)a woman he met on a train, oh
Am (x02210@1) AbaugHis (03211x@1)little boy ran to the room
C/G (3x555x@1) D7/F# (200212@1)Where his piano lay in wait for him
C/G (3x555x@1) G (320003@1) [C]
He played and he played, he played and he played
INTERLUDE
| C | G/B | Am | C/G | F | D7/F# | C/G | G |
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1)C/E (x3111x@5) FHe's (133211@1)got the blues, this boy has got the blues
GYou (320003@1)can hear it, you can hear it
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1)C/E (x3111x@5) F (133211@1) GHe's (320003@1)got the blues, this boy has got the blues
[Paul Simon]
Am (x02210@1) Abaug (03211x@1) A year ago, I met a girl
C/G (3x555x@1) D7/F# (200212@1)I thought we'd hit a massive groove
C/G (3x555x@1)
But she dumped me
G (320003@1) And all we'd hit were the blues
SOLO
| C G/B | Am C/E | F | G |
| C G/B | Am C/E | F | G |
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1)C/E (x3111x@5) FHe's (133211@1)got the blues, this boy, he's got the blues
GYou (320003@1)can hear it in his music
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1)C/E (x3111x@5) F (133211@1) GHe's (320003@1)got the blues, this boy has really got the blues
SOLO
| C G/B | Am C/E | F | G |
| C G/B | Am C/E | F | G |
(repeat and fade)
