The Blues chords by Randy Newman

Chords with lyrics

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		The Blues - Randy Newman (with Paul Simon)
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Randy Newman (with Paul Simon)
The Blues (1983)
(Randy Newman)

From: "Trouble in Paradise"

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CHORDS

e-B-G-D-A-E
G/BG/B    3-0-0-0-2-x
C/EC/E    0-1-0-2-3-0
D/F#D/F#   2-3-2-0-x-2
Gsus4Gsus4   3-1-0-0-x-3
AbaugAbaug   x-5-5-6-x-4 or
     x-1-1-2-x-4

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C majorC      G/BG/B        A minorAm    C/EC/E
 He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother
FF       G+G     C majorC
Burned up in a factory in Springfield, Mass.
C majorC      G/BG/B        A minorAm  C/EC/E
 He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
FF         G+G
Hustlin' down the city streets and
C majorC       G/BG/B    A minorAm D/F#D/F# Gsus4Gsus4  G+G
 Selling his ass for a dollar bag

C majorC      G/BG/B        A minorAm   C/EC/E
 He's gonna tell you 'bout his uncle Neddy
FF       G+G       C majorC
Locked up in a prison out in Oregon
C majorC      G/BG/B        A minorAm     C/EC/E
 He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
FF      G+G
Killed in a bar fight
    C majorC      G/BG/B     A minorAm D/F#D/F# Gsus4Gsus4  G+G
With a  pair of marines and a sailor, oh

C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm C/EC/E   FF
He's got the blues, this boy,  he's got the blues
    G+G
You can hear it in his music
       C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm C/EC/E  FF
He's got the blues, this boy  has got the blues
    G+G
You can hear it, you can hear it

[Paul Simon]
A minorAm           AbaugAbaug
 When I was nine years old
C/GC/G      D7/F#D7/F#
 My daddy ran away
    C/GC/G   G+G    C majorC   G/BG/B
With a woman he met on a train, oh
A minorAm       AbaugAbaug
His little boy  ran to the room
C/GC/G       D7/F#D7/F#
 Where his piano lay in wait for him
  C/GC/G         G+G         [C majorC]
He played and he played, he played and he played

INTERLUDE
| C majorC | G/BG/B | A minorAm | C/GC/G | FF | D7/F#D7/F# | C/GC/G | G+G |

C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm C/EC/E  FF
He's got the blues, this boy  has got the blues
    G+G
You can hear it, you can hear it
       C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm C/EC/E  FF         G+G
He's got the blues, this boy  has got the blues

[Paul Simon]
A minorAm      AbaugAbaug
 A augmentedA year ago, I met a girl
C/GC/G              D7/F#D7/F#
 I thought we'd hit a massive groove
    C/GC/G
But she dumped me
G+G
 And all we'd hit were the blues

SOLO
| C majorC G/BG/B | A minorAm C/EC/E | FF | G+G |
| C majorC G/BG/B | A minorAm C/EC/E | FF | G+G |

C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm C/EC/E   FF
He's got the blues, this boy,  he's got the blues
    G+G
You can hear it in his music
       C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm C/EC/E  FF             G+G
He's got the blues, this boy  has really got the blues

SOLO
| C majorC G/BG/B | A minorAm C/EC/E | FF | G+G |
| C majorC G/BG/B | A minorAm C/EC/E | FF | G+G |

(repeat and fade)