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