Smuggler's Blues Glenn Frey
Smugglers Blues
Glenn Frey
Tab by:Omanyen@fusemail.com
INTRO:/=slide up \=slide down h=hammer r=rake(pull-off) b=bend
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( repeat )
This is the riff used throughout the song: x=muff
[C] [F]
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[G]
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1st verse:
T[C]here's trouble on the streets tonight, I can feel it in my bones,
I[C] had a premonition that I should not go alone,
I[C] knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill,
e[C]verything exploded and the blood began to spill.
S[F]o baby, here's your ticket, put this suitcase in your hand,
H[F]ere's a little money, now do it just the way we planned,
Y[C]ou be cool for twenty hours and I'll pay you twenty grand.
I'm [G]sorry it went down like this, someone had to lose,
It's the [F]nature of the business it's the smugglers' blues.
( play intro lead 2 times )
2nd verse:
T[C]he sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law,
t[C]he pay-offs, and the rip-offs, and the things nobody saw,
N[C]o matter if it's heroin, or cocaine or hash,
Y[C]ou've got to carry weapons 'cause you allways carry cash.
T[F]here's lots of shady characters, lots dirty deals,
e[F]very name's an alias in case somebody squeels,
it's the a[C]llure of easy money that's got a very strong appeal.
Perhaps you'd [G]understand it better, standing in my shoes,
It's the [F]ultimate enticement, it's the smugglers' blues.[C]
BRIDGE:
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( repeat this sequence )
LEAD:
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3rd verse:
Y[C]ou see it in the headlines, you hear it everyday,
T[C]hey say they're gonna stop it, but it does not go away,
T[C]hey move it through Miami, they sell it in L.A.
T[C]hey hide it up, I'll tell ya right, I mean it's here to stay.
D[F]epartments of the govenment in Columbia and Peru,
Y[F]ou ask any D.A. man they'll tell ya there's nothing they can do,
From the [C]office of the President right down to me and you, me and you.
Well it's a l[G]osing proposition, but one you can't refuse,
It's the [F]politics of contraban, it's the smugglers blues.
Ending Lead:
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