Simon & Garfunkel – Blues Run The Game (Guitar)
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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
Was not on the original 1965 album
Capo 4 - tune slightly sharp to match recording
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[Intro]
G C/G G C/G
[Verse 1]
G C/G G C/G Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain G C/G G C/G Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone G C/G Wherever I have gone D C/G G The blues run the game
[Verse 2]
G C/G G C/G Send out for whisky baby, send out for gin G C/G G C/G Me and room service honey, me and room service babe G C/G Me and room service D C/G G Whoa, we're living a life of sin
[Verse 3]
G C/G G C/G When I ain’t drinking baby, you are on my mind G C/G G C/G When I ain’t sleeping honey, when I ain't sleeping mama G C/G When I ain’t sleeping D C/G G Well, you know you'll find me crying
[Verse 4]
G C/G G C/G Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain G C/G G C/G Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone G C/G Wherever I have gone D C/G G The blues run the game
[Verse 5]
G C/G G C/G Living is a gamble baby, loving's much the same G C/G G C/G Wherever I have played, wherever I throw those dice G C/G Wherever I have played D C/G G The blues have run the game
[Verse 6]
G C/G G C/G Maybe when I’m older baby, someplace down the line G C/G G C/G I'll wake up older---- so much older, mama G C/G Wake up older D C/G G And I'll just stop all my trying
G C/G G C/G
[Verse 7]
G C/G G C/G Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain G C/G G C/G Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone G C/G Wherever I have gone D C/G G The blues are all the same------