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