• Song:

    The Blues

  • Artist:

    Randy Newman

  • Album:

    Trouble in Paradise

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard


C5            G5                A5       C5
  He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother
F5              G5          C5
Burned up in a factory in Springfield, Mass.
C5            G5                A5   C5
  He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
F5                 G5
Hustlin' down the city streets and 
C5             G5       A5 D5 G5   G5
  Selling his ass for a dollar  bag


C5           G5                A5     C5
 He's gonna tell you 'bout his uncle Neddy
F5              G5             C5
Locked up in a prison out in Oregon
C5           G5                A5          C5
 He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
F5           G5
Killed in a bar fight 
       C5           G5         A5 D5 G5   G5
With a   pair of marines and a sailor, oh


             C5    G5    A5  C5     F5
He's got the blues, this boy,   he's got the blues
        G5
You can hear it in his music
             C5    G5    A5  C5    F5
He's got the blues, this boy    has got the blues
        G5
You can hear it, you can hear it


[Paul Simon]
A5                     Abaug
 When I was nine years old 
C5            D5
 My daddy ran away
       C5      G5        C5      G5
With a woman he met on a train, oh
A5             Abaug
His little boy   ran to the room 
C5              D5
 Where his piano lay in wait for him
   C5                  G5                 [ C5 ]
He played and he played, he played and he played


INTERLUDE
 C5  G5  A5  C5  F5  D5  C5  G5 


             C5    G5    A5  C5   F5
He's got the blues, this boy   has got the blues
        G5
You can hear it, you can hear it
             C5    G5    A5  C5   F5                  G5
He's got the blues, this boy   has got the blues


[Paul Simon]
A5           Abaug
  A year ago,  I met a girl 
C5                           D5
 I thought we'd hit a massive groove
        C5       
But she dumped me 
G5
  And all we'd hit were the blues


SOLO
 C5 G5  A5 C5  F5  G5 
 C5 G5  A5 C5  F5  G5 


             C5    G5    A5  C5     F5
He's got the blues, this boy,   he's got the blues
        G5
You can hear it in his music
             C5    G5    A5  C5   F5                         G5
He's got the blues, this boy   has really got the blues


SOLO
 C5 G5  A5 C5  F5  G5 
 C5 G5  A5 C5  F5  G5 

(repeat and fade)
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