The Blues Brothers – Shot Gun Blues (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] Bb B F F F F E Eb Eb Eb Bb Bb Bb Eb Eb F7 Bb7 [Verse 1]

Bb7
Every night I go to sleep

Bb7
The blues fall down like rain

Eb7
Every night I go to sleep

Eb7                       Bb  E  F
The blues fall down like rain

F
Taking pills and cheap whiskey

E Eb7                    Bb7
Just to try to ease the pain

Eb7 Bb7 Eb7 F [Verse 2]

Bb7
It's hard to gamble

Eb7                 Bb7
When you lose every bet

Bb7
Hard to save money

Bb7                           Bb
When you're twenty years in debt

Eb7                 F  Eb7
The blues is falling

Eb7      Bb7
Falling down on me like rain

E  F
I'm gonna take a shotgun now, people

Eb7                Bb7
And disconnect my brain

Bb7  Eb7     E F
(Matt 'Guitar' Murphy)

[Bridge] Bb B Bb7 Bb7 Eb7 Eb Eb7 Eb7 Bb Bb Bb7 Bb7 Bb Bb Bb7 Bb7 Eb Eb Eb7 Eb7 Eb Eb7 Eb7 Eb7 Bb7 Bb Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb Bb7 Bb7 F7 F7 F7 F7 Eb Eb7 Eb7 Eb7 Bb Bb Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 F Bb N.C. N.C. Bb7 Eb7

N.C.  N.C.  A7    Bb7  B
N.C   N.C.  N.C.  N.C.

N.C. N.C. Bb Bb E Eb7 Eb Eb Eb Eb7 Eb7 Eb7 D7 Db7 C7 B7 Bb7 Bb Bb7 Bb7 Bb Bb Bb7 Bb7 F F F E Eb7 Eb Eb7 Eb7 Eb7 Bb Bb Bb7 Bb7 Eb Eb7 Bb7 F7 F Fb7 B Bb7 [Verse 3]

Bb7
I made some mistakes

Eb7              Bb7
Had some bad breaks

Bb7
Now my mind don't work

Bb7
And my whole body aches

Bb7
The blues is falling

Eb7
Falling down on me like rain

F                Eb7
My life is like water

Eb7                     Bb7
Just swirling down the drain

Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 F [Outro]

Bb7
Well, I tried standin' up

Eb7
Keep on falling down

Bb7
Tried standing up

Bb7
Keep on fallin' down

F7
Everywhere I go

N.C. The blues is all around Bb7 Bb7 B Bb7