Blues Run The Game - Simon & Garfunkel
Capo: Fret 5
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Blues Run the Game – Simon and Garfunkel
From the Album “Sounds of Silence” – 2001 Re-issue - Bonus Track.
Recorded in 1965
Written by Jackson C. Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qep6-X4nf4I
Was not on the original 1965 album
Capo 4 - tune slightly sharp to match recording
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Catch a boat t
o England baby
, maybe to Spa
in
Wherever I hav
e gone, wherev
er I've been a
nd gone
Wherever I hav
e gone
The blues r
un the game
[Verse 2]
Send out for w
/
hisky baby, se
nd out for gin
Me and room se
rvice honey, m
e and room ser
vice babe
Me and room se
rvice
Whoa, we're li
ving a life of
sin
[Verse 3]
When I ain’t d
/
rinking baby,
you are on my
mind
When I ain’t s
/
leeping honey,
when I ain't
sleeping mama
When I ain’t s
/
leeping
Well, you know
you'll find m
e crying
[Verse 4]
Catch a boat t
o England baby
, maybe to Spa
in
Wherever I hav
e gone, wherev
er I've been a
nd gone
Wherever I hav
e gone
The blues r
un the game
[Verse 5]
Living is a ga
mble baby, lov
ing's much the
same
Wherever I hav
e played, wher
ever I throw t
hose dice
Wherever I hav
e played
The blues h
ave run the ga
me
[Verse 6]
Maybe when I’m
older baby, s
omeplace down
the line
I'll wake up o
/
lder---- so mu
ch older, mama
Wake up older
And I'll just
stop all my t
rying
[Verse 7]
Catch a boat t
o England, bab
y, maybe to Sp
ain
Wherever I hav
e gone, wherev
er I've been a
nd gone
Wherever I hav
e gone
The blues
are all the sa
me------