Chords with lyrics
Blues Run the Game – Simon and Garfunkel
From the Album “Sounds of Silence” – 2001 Re-issue - Bonus Track.
Recorded in 1965
Written by Jackson C. Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qep6-X4nf4I
Was not on the original 1965 album
Capo 4
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Intro:
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Verse 1:
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Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain
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Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone
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Wherever I have gone
C majorC C/GC/G G+G
The blues run the game
Verse 2:
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Send out for whisky baby, send out for gin
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Me and room service honey, me and room service babe
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Me and room service
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Whoa, we're living a life of sin
Verse 3:
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When I ain’t drinking baby, you are on my mind
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When I ain’t sleeping honey, when I ain't sleeping mama
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When I ain’t sleeping
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Well, you know you'll find me crying
Verse 4:
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone
G+G C/GC/G
Wherever I have gone
C majorC C/GC/G G+G
The blues run the game
Verse 5:
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Living is a gamble baby, loving's much the same
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Wherever I have played, wherever I throw those dice
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Wherever I have played
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The blues have run the game
Verse 6:
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Maybe when I’m older baby, someplace down the line
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I'll wake up older---- so much older, mama
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Wake up older
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And I'll just stop all my trying
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Verse 7:
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain
G+G C/GC/G G+G C/GC/G
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone
G+G C/GC/G
Wherever I have gone
C majorC C/GC/G G+G
The blues are all the same------.