Shot Gun Blues Live chords by The Blues Brothers

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Performance: Briefcase Full of Blues

Key: Bb

Intro:

Bb  B   F   F
F   F E Eb  Eb
Eb  Bb  Bb  Bb
Eb  Eb  F7  Bb7

Verse 1:
Bb7
Every night I go to sleep
Bb7
The blues fall down like rain
Eb7
Every night I go to sleep
Eb7                       Bb  E  F
The blues fall down like rain
F

Taking pills and cheap whiskey
E Eb7                    Bb7
Just to try to ease the pain
Eb7      Bb7     Eb7     F

Verse 2:
Bb7
It's hard to gamble
Eb7                 Bb7
When you lose every bet
Bb7
Hard to save money
Bb7                           Bb
When you're twenty years in debt
Eb7                 F  Eb7
The blues is falling
Eb7      Bb7
Falling down on me like rain
E  F
I'm gonna take a shotgun now, people
Eb7                Bb7
And disconnect my brain
Bb7  Eb7     E F
(Matt 'Guitar' Murphy)

Bridge:
Bb    B    Bb7    Bb7
Eb7   Eb   Eb7    Eb7
Bb    Bb   Bb7    Bb7
Bb    Bb   Bb7    Bb7
Eb    Eb   Eb7    Eb7
Eb    Eb7  Eb7    Eb7
Bb7   Bb   Bb7    Bb7
Bb7   Bb   Bb7    Bb7
F7    F7   F7     F7
Eb    Eb7  Eb7    Eb7
Bb    Bb   Bb7    Bb7
Bb7   Bb7  Bb7    F
Bb    N.C.  N.C.  Bb7 Eb7
N.C.  N.C.  A7    Bb7  B
N.C   N.C.  N.C.  N.C.
N.C.  N.C.  Bb    Bb
E     Eb7   Eb    Eb
Eb    Eb7   Eb7   Eb7
D7    Db7   C7    B7
Bb7   Bb    Bb7   Bb7
Bb    Bb    Bb7   Bb7
F     F     F   E Eb7
Eb    Eb7  Eb7   Eb7
Bb    Bb   Bb7   Bb7
Eb    Eb7  Bb7   F7
F     Fb7  B     Bb7

Verse 3:
Bb7
I made some mistakes
Eb7              Bb7
Had some bad breaks
Bb7
Now my mind don't work
Bb7
And my whole body aches
Bb7
The blues is falling
Eb7
Falling down on me like rain
F                Eb7
My life is like water
Eb7                     Bb7
Just swirling down the drain
Bb7     Eb7      Bb7      F

Outro:
Bb7
Well, I tried standin' up
Eb7
Keep on falling down
Bb7
Tried standing up
Bb7
Keep on fallin' down
F7
Everywhere I go
N.C.
The blues is all around
Bb7     Bb7     B    Bb7