Sting – Jeremiah Blues Part 1 (Guitar)

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[Intro] Bm7 [Verse 1]
E7               Bm
It was midnight, midnight at noon

A                  G7
Everyone talked in rhyme

E7               Bm
Everyone saw the big clock ticking

A            F#7
Nobody knew, nobody knew the time

E7                 Bm
Elegant debutantes smiled

A                   G9
Everyone fought for dimes

E7                      Bm
Newspapers screamed for blood

A                  F#7
It was the best of times
[Chorus]
Cm7
Every place around the world it seemed the same

Cm7
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums

Cm7
Everybody wants to look the other way

Cm7
When something wicked this way comes
[Interlude] E7
G7sus G7            G7sus G7  A7sus A7       A7sus  A7
      Sometimes they tie      a thief to the tree

E7
Sometimes I stare

E7
Sometimes it's me
[Instrumental] Bm7 [Verse 2]
E7                Bm
Everyone told the truth

A                      G7
All that we heard were lies

E7                            Bm
A pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past

A                 F#7
This was a big surprise

E7                  Bm
Everyone fell in love

A                     G9
A cardinal's wife was jailed

E7                     Bm
The government saved a dying planet

A                  F#7
When popular icons failed
[Chorus]
Cm7
Every place around the world it seemed the same

Cm7
Can't hear the rhythm for the drums

Cm7
Everybody wants to look the other way

Cm7
When something wicked this way comes
[Interlude] E7
G7sus G7            G7sus G7  A7sus A7       A7sus  A7
      Sometimes they tie      a thief to the tree

E7
Sometimes I stare

E7
Sometimes it's me

E7
Sometimes I stare

E7
Sometimes it's me
[Outro] E7 Bb A7 G7