Blues Run The Game chords by Colin Meloy

Chords with lyrics

verse 1

C majorC        Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC       Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone
  G+G     Fmaj7Fmaj7   C majorC
The blues   are all the same.

Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  Fmaj7Fmaj7

verse 2

C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Send out for whisky, baby, send out for gin,
C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Me and room service, honey, me and room service, babe,
C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Me and room service
   G+G    Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC
Well, we're living a life of sin

Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  Fmaj7Fmaj7

verse 3

C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC       Fmaj7Fmaj7
When I'm not drinking, baby, you are on my mind,
C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7
When I'm not sleeping, honey, when I ain't sleeping, mama,
C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7
When I'm not sleeping
   G+G        Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC
Well, you know you'll find me crying.

Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  Fmaj7Fmaj7

verse 4

C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Try another city, baby, another town,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC       Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone
  G+G   Fmaj7Fmaj7       C majorC
The blues   come following down.

Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  Fmaj7Fmaj7

Verse 5

C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC         Fmaj7Fmaj7
Living is a gamble, baby, loving's much the same,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC     Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wherever I have played, wherever I throw them dice,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wherever I have played
  G+G   Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC
The blues  have run the game.

Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  Fmaj7Fmaj7

Verse 6

C majorC   Fmaj7Fmaj7      C majorC         Fmaj7Fmaj7
Maybe tomorrow, honey, someplace down the line,
C majorC      Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
I'll wake up older, so much older, mama,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wake up older
  G+G       Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
And I'll just stop all my trying.

Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  Fmaj7Fmaj7

Outro

C majorC        Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7    C majorC       Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone,
C majorC    Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone
  G+G   Fmaj7Fmaj7     C majorC
The blues   are all the same.

Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC