Key: E major
Verse 1
B
C#
F#
B
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Well, started out singing blues
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B
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joints in the six ties
I sang Dylan and Muddy
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F#
and the occasional Hank Wills, too
band on the side,
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B
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cause that's what the girls liked
C#
E#dim
C#
I played solo in that old Marseille saloon
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B
F#
B
Down in old Marseille,
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B
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man I was playing the blues
D#m
C#
Down in old Marseille,
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B
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it carried me away
D#m
C#
I played the country blues
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B
down in old Marseille
Interlude 1
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B
F#
B
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B
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B
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B
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B
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C#
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Verse 2
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B
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that I've written
From Frankfurt to Cape Town
B
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B
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I was grateful they paid me to play
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B
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Seen lots of places
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B
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Man, I was playin' the blues
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C#
F#
Man, I was payin' dues
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B
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and it car ried me away
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B
F#
down in old Marseille
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B
down in old Massachusetts
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB C# F# E#dim D#m
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