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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-EG/B 3-0-0-0-2-x
C/E 0-1-0-2-3-0
D/F# 2-3-2-0-x-2
Gsus4 3-1-0-0-x-3
Abaug x-5-5-6-x-4 or
x-1-1-2-x-4
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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CG/BAmC/E
He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother
FGC
Burned up in a factory in Springfield, Mass.
CG/BAmC/E
He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
FG
Hustlin' down the city streets and
CG/BAmD/F#Gsus4G
Selling his ass for a dollar bag
CG/BAmC/E
He's gonna tell you 'bout his uncle Neddy
FGC
Locked up in a prison out in Oregon
CG/BAmC/E
He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
FG
Killed in a bar fight
CG/BAmD/F#Gsus4G
With a pair of marines and a sailor, oh
CG/BAmC/EF
He's got the blues, this boy, he's got the blues
G
You can hear it in his music
CG/BAmC/EF
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
G
You can hear it, you can hear it
[Paul Simon]
AmAbaug
When I was nine years old
C/GD7/F#
My daddy ran away
C/GGCG/B
With a woman he met on a train, oh
AmAbaug
His little boy ran to the room
C/GD7/F#
Where his piano lay in wait for him
C/GG [C]
He played and he played, he played and he played
INTERLUDE
| C | G/B | Am | C/G | F | D7/F# | C/G | G |
CG/BAmC/EF
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
G
You can hear it, you can hear it
CG/BAmC/EFG
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
[Paul Simon]
AmAbaugA year ago, I met a girl
C/GD7/F#
I thought we'd hit a massive groove
C/G
But she dumped me
G
And all we'd hit were the blues
SOLO
| CG/B | AmC/E | F | G |
| CG/B | AmC/E | F | G |
CG/BAmC/EF
He's got the blues, this boy, he's got the blues
G
You can hear it in his music
CG/BAmC/EFG
He's got the blues, this boy has really got the blues
SOLO
| CG/B | AmC/E | F | G |
| CG/B | AmC/E | F | G |
(repeat and fade)
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