Blues Run The Game Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays551

Blues Run The Game by Nick Drake is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, Esus4 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			A               D 
Catch a boat to england, baby 
A        D             D              D 
Maybe to spain 
A        D 
Wherever I have gone 
A        D 
Wherever I've been and gone 
A        D                  Esus4      E 
Wherever I have gone, the blues I'd to sing 

Go bring me whiskey, baby 
Go bring me gin 
Me and room service, honey 
Me and room service 
Me and room service, well we're living like a sin 

When I'm not drinking, baby 
You are on my mind 
When I'm not sleeping 
When I'm not sleeping 
When I'm not sleeping, well you know, you`ll find me crying 

Try another city, baby 
Try another town 
Wherever I have gone 
Wherever I've been and gone 
Wherever I have gone, the blues run the game 

Well maybe someday, baby 
Somewhere down the line 
I`ll wake up older, honey 
So much older 
I`ll wake up older and just stop all my trying 

Catch a boat to england, baby 
Maybe to spain 
Wherever I have gone 
Wherever I've been and gone 
Wherever I have gone, the blues run the game 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante