Blues Run The Game chords by Counting Crows

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G  C  G  F
G  C  Em
G  C  D  C
G  C  G  C



Verse 1:
G                C             G          C
 Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain
G         C           G              C
 Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone
G         C               D     C       G   C  G  C
 Wherever I have gone the blues run the game

Verse 2:
G             C            G             C
 Send out for whisky, baby, send out for gin
G            C              Em                    Em/F#
 Me and room service, honey, me and room service, mama
G            C                    D        C       G  C  G  C
 Me and room service, well, we're living a life of sin


Verse 3:
G             C               G             F
 When I ain't drinking, baby, you are on my mind
G              C              G              C
 When I ain't sleeping, honey, when I ain't sleeping mama
G              C                 D           C       G     C  G  C
 When I ain't sleeping, well you know you'll find me crying


Instrumental:
G  C  G  F
G  C  Em  Em/F#
G  C  D  C
G  C  G  C


Verse 4:
G                C             G          C
 Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain
G         C           Em
 Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone
G         C               D     C       G   C  G  C
 Wherever I have gone the blues run the game


Verse 5:
G            C             G                 F
 Living is a gamble, baby, loving's much the same
G         C             Em
 Wherever I have played, wherever I throw those dice
G         C                 D          C       G   C  G  C
 Wherever I have played the blues they run the game


Instrumental:
G  C  G  F
G  C  Em
G  C  D  F
G  C  G  C


Verse 6:
G               C            G                  C
 Maybe when I'm older, baby, somewhere down the line
G             C     Em
 I'll wake up older, so much older mama
G             C              D     C       G        C  G  C
 I'll wake up older and I'll just stop all my trying


Outro:
G                   C             G          C
 So catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain
G         C           G              C
 Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone
G         C               Dsus2             Cadd9  G  C  G  C  G
 Wherever I have gone the blues are all the same