Blues Run The Game Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays595

Blues Run The Game by Jackson C. Frank is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C/G, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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Intro: G  C/G 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante