The Blues Got the World... chords by
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn

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Key: B major
Intro 1
G
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Verse 1
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G

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I've been down to parliament,
I've been in school
I've been in jail to learn the golden rule
Em
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I've been to the workhouse,
C
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served my time in those hallowed halls
D
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The only thing I know is the blues got
G
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the world by the balls
Verse 2
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I've been to the tundra and
the mountain too
I've been in Paris doing what
the Frenchmen do
C
C

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I've been in Boston where the
G
G

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buildings grow so tall
D
D

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C
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D
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G
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Everywhere you go the blues got the world by the balls
Interlude 1
C
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D
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G

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Em
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C
C

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D
D

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C
C

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G

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D
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G

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Verse 3
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You can catch 'em from the preacher or from
the pool shark
You can find 'em in the grammar
of the socialite's remark
C
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Or down in the washroom you
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can read it on the wall
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Everywhere
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you look the blues
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got the world by the balls
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Em C D Ab

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