Blues Run The Game

G:       3.2.0.0.0.1

Colin ocassional hammers on the G string when transitioning from C to Fmaj7

[Verse 1]

C               Fmaj7          C        Fmaj7
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain,
C        Fmaj7        C             Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone,
C        Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone
    G          Fmaj7      C
The blues     are all the same.

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7

[Verse 2]

C            Fmaj7         C            Fmaj7
Send out for whisky, baby, send out for gin,
C           Fmaj7           C           Fmaj7
Me and room service, honey, me and room service, babe,
C           Fmaj7
Me and room service
      G       Fmaj7          C
Well, we're living a life of sin

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7


[Verse 3]

C            Fmaj7           C             Fmaj7
When I'm not drinking, baby, you are on my mind,
C            Fmaj7            C            Fmaj7
When I'm not sleeping, honey, when I ain't sleeping, mama,
C            Fmaj7
When I'm not sleeping
      G               Fmaj7   C
Well, you know you'll find me crying.

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7

[Verse 4]

C           Fmaj7       C       Fmaj7
Try another city, baby, another town,
C        Fmaj7        C             Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone,
C        Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone
    G      Fmaj7             C
The blues     come following down.

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7

[Verse 5]

C           Fmaj7         C                 Fmaj7
Living is a gamble, baby, loving's much the same,
C        Fmaj7          C          Fmaj7
Wherever I have played, wherever I throw them dice,
C        Fmaj7
Wherever I have played
    G      Fmaj7          C
The blues    have run the game.

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7

[Verse 6]

C     Fmaj7            C                  Fmaj7
Maybe tomorrow, honey, someplace down the line,
C            Fmaj7  C       Fmaj7
I'll wake up older, so much older, mama,
C       Fmaj7
Wake up older
    G              Fmaj7  C
And I'll just stop all my trying.

Fmaj7    C    Fmaj7

[Outro]

C               Fmaj7          C        Fmaj7
Catch a boat to England, baby, maybe to Spain,
C        Fmaj7        C             Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone,
C        Fmaj7
Wherever I have gone
    G      Fmaj7          C
The blues     are all the same.