Randy Newman - The Blues

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the blues – randy newman ( with paul simon )
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tabbed by : maguri
tuning : standard

randy newman ( with paul simon )
the blues ( 1983 )
( randy newman )

from : “trouble in paradise”

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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

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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 )