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Blues On The River

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[Chorus]
AWhite clear rum Dblues on the river & Arun
loveless in the darkness Dflooding through the rain & Arun
signalDling with my E7red cigaArette
won't someDbody E7please conAnect
it's long gone E7dark & Ano moon E7yet
Ablood strong rum take your Dblues to the river & Arun
[Verse]
Listen to the Elong haul volunteers
singing to a Dtune of shifting Egears
those desperado racketeers
they never Dfade too far Ato Esteer
and there's a team in the sewer of a jail
digging a Dhole with a two inch Enail
while a rat goes to sell his tale
they won't Dbelieve that the bid Acan Efail
[Chorus]
AWhite clear rum Dblues on the river & Arun
loveless in the darkness Dflooding through the rain & Arun
signalDling with my E7red cigaArette
won't someDbody E7please conAnect
it's long gone E7dark & Ano moon E7yet
Ablood strong rum take your Dblues to the river & Arun
[Verse]
Everybody Eknows somebody on the run
& we've Dall considered a Egun
and from floor number forty one
don't the Ddrop look like it could Abe Efun
no matter now deep the river is
find someDbody who you can swim Ewith
there's always bound to be a bridge
and the Dworld looks different from Athe Eridge
[Chorus]
AWhite clear rum Dblues on the river & Arun
loveless in the darkness Dflooding through the rain & Arun
signalDling with my E7red cigaArette
won't someDbody E7please conAnect
it's long gone E7dark & Ano moon E7yet
Ablood strong rum take your Dblues to the river & Arun
[Music Verse]
EDE DAE DE DAE
[Chorus]
AWhite clear rum Dblues on the river & Arun
loveless in the darkness Dflooding through the rain & Arun
signalDling with my E7red cigaArette
won't someDbody E7please conAnect
it's long gone E7dark & Ano moon E7yet
Ablood strong rum take your Dblues to the river & Arun

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Blues On The River

by Joe Strummer

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Chorus]

A D A

White clear rum blues on the river & run

D A

loveless in the darkness flooding through the rain & run

D E7 A

signalling with my red cigarette

D E7 A

won't somebody please connect

E7 A E7

it's long gone dark & no moon yet

A D A

blood strong rum take your blues to the river & run

[Verse]

Listen to the long haul volunteers

D E

singing to a tune of shifting gears

those desperado racketeers

D A E

they never fade too far to steer

and there's a team in the sewer of a jail

D E

digging a hole with a two inch nail

while a rat goes to sell his tale

D A E

they won't believe that the bid can fail

[Chorus]

A D A

White clear rum blues on the river & run

D A

loveless in the darkness flooding through the rain & run

D E7 A

signalling with my red cigarette

D E7 A

won't somebody please connect

E7 A E7

it's long gone dark & no moon yet

A D A

blood strong rum take your blues to the river & run

[Verse]

Everybody knows somebody on the run

D E

& we've all considered a gun

and from floor number forty one

D A E

don't the drop look like it could be fun

no matter now deep the river is

D E

find somebody who you can swim with

there's always bound to be a bridge

D A E

and the world looks different from the ridge

[Chorus]

A D A

White clear rum blues on the river & run

D A

loveless in the darkness flooding through the rain & run

D E7 A

signalling with my red cigarette

D E7 A

won't somebody please connect

E7 A E7

it's long gone dark & no moon yet

A D A

blood strong rum take your blues to the river & run

[Music Verse]

EDE DAE DE DAE

[Chorus]

A D A

White clear rum blues on the river & run

D A

loveless in the darkness flooding through the rain & run

D E7 A

signalling with my red cigarette

D E7 A

won't somebody please connect

E7 A E7

it's long gone dark & no moon yet

A D A

blood strong rum take your blues to the river & run

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