The Blues

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the blues - randy newman ( with paul simon ) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabbed by : maguri tuning : standard randy newman ( with paul simon ) the blues ( 1983 ) ( randy newman ) from : "trouble in paradise" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - chords E - B - G - D - A - E G/B 3 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - xc/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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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 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 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 [ 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 | 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 [ 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 | 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 )