INTRO:/=slide up \=slide down h=hammer p=pull-off b=bend 
 
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                    ( repeat ) 
 
This is the riff used throughout the song:  x=muff 
 
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--7-x-5-x-7-x-5-------5-|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10----------10-| 
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   G 
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1st verse: 
 
 C 
There's trouble on the streets tonight, I can feel it in my bones, 
 
 C 
I had a premonition that I should not go alone, 
 
 C 
I knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill, 
 
 C 
everything exploded and the blood began to spill. 
 
 F 
So baby, here's your ticket, put this suitcase in your hand, 
 
 F 
Here's a little money, now do it just the way we planned, 
 
 C 
You be cool for twenty hours and I'll pay you twenty grand. 
 
    G 
I'm sorry it went down like this, someone had to lose, 
 
         F 
It's the nature of the business it's the smugglers' blues. 
 
           (play intro lead 2 times ) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2nd verse: 
 
 C 
The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law, 
 
 C 
the pay-offs, and the rip-offs, and the things nobody saw, 
 
 C 
No matter if it's heroin, or cocaine or hash, 
 
 C 
You've got to carry weapons 'cause you always carry cash. 
 
 F 
There's lots of shady characters, lots dirty deals, 
 
 F 
every name's an alias in case somebody squeals, 
 
          C 
it's the allure of easy money that's got a very strong appeal. 
 
              G 
Perhaps you'd understand it better, standing in my shoes, 
 
         F                                              C 
It's the ultimate enticement, it's the smugglers' blues. 
 
 
BRIDGE: 
 
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               ( repeat this sequence ) 
 
LEAD: 
 
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--8p5p0----8----------| 
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3rd verse: 
 
 C 
You see it in the headlines, you hear it everyday, 
 
 C 
They say they're gonna stop it, but it does not go away, 
 
 C 
They move it through Miami, they sell it in L.A. 
 
 C 
They hide it up, I'll tell ya right, I mean it's here to stay. 
 
 F 
Departments of the government in Columbia and Peru, 
 
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You ask any D.A. man they'll tell ya there's nothing they can do, 
 
         C 
From the office of the President right down to me and you, me and you. 
 
             G 
Well it's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse, 
 
         F 
It's the politics of contraband, it's the smugglers blues. 
 
 
Ending Lead: 
 
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