E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||| The Blues - Randy Newman (and Paul Simon) E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||| Written by: Randy Newman From: "Trouble in Paradise" (1983) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||| CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e G/B c-2-0-0-0-3 C/E 0-3-2-0-1-0 D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2 Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3 Abaug 4-x-6-5-5-x or 4-x-2-1-1-x E|E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|||| [Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] 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 [Bridge 1] (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 | [Chorus] 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 [Bridge 2] (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 | [Chorus] 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 |