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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/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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VERSE
C G/B Am C/E
He's gonna tell you 'bout his dear old mother
F G C
Burned up in a factory in Springfield, Mass.
C G/B Am C/E
He's gonna tell you 'bout his baby brother
F G
Hustlin' down the city streets and
C G/B Am D/F# Gsus4 G
Selling his ass for a dollar bag
VERSE
C G/B Am C/E
He's gonna tell you 'bout his uncle Neddy
F G C
Locked up in a prison out in Oregon
C G/B Am C/E
He's gonna tell you 'bout his best friend Eddie
F G
Killed in a bar fight
C G/B Am D/F# Gsus4 G
With a pair of marines and a sailor, oh
CHORUS
C G/B Am C/E F
He's got the blues, this boy, he's got the blues
G
You can hear it in his music
C G/B Am C/E F
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
G
You can hear it, you can hear it
MIDDLE 8 [Paul Simon]
Am Abaug
When I was nine years old
C/G D7/F#
My daddy ran away
C/G G C G/B
With a woman he met on a train, oh
Am Abaug
His little boy ran to the room
C/G D7/F#
Where his piano lay in wait for him
C/G G [C]
He played and he played, he played and he played
INTERLUDE
| C | G/B | Am | C/G | F | D7/F# | C/G | G |
CHORUS
C G/B Am C/E F
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
G
You can hear it, you can hear it
C G/B Am C/E F G
He's got the blues, this boy has got the blues
MIDDLE 8 [Paul Simon]
Am Abaug
A year ago, I met a girl
C/G D7/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
| C G/B | Am C/E | F | G |
| C G/B | Am C/E | F | G |
CHORUS
C G/B Am C/E F
He's got the blues, this boy, he's got the blues
G
You can hear it in his music
C G/B Am C/E F G
He's got the blues, this boy has really got the blues
SOLO
| C G/B | Am C/E | F | G |
| C G/B | Am C/E | F | G |
(repeat and fade)
