Smugglers Blues

Song

Smugglers Blues

Glenn Frey

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INTRO:/=slide up \=slide down h=hammer r=rake(pull-off) b=bend

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--11/13--11-8-11-8--8--8---5-----------------------------|
--------------------7--7b--5--3-0-3-0-3-3h5--3-0-3333h5--|
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( repeat )

This is the riff used throughout the song: x=muff

C F

--7-x-5-x-7-x-5---------|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10-------------|
--7-x-5-x-7-x-5---------|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10-------------|
--7-x-5-x-7-x-5-------5-|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10----------10-|
--7-x-5-x-7-x-5-------5-|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10----------10-|
----------------5-5h7---|--------------------10-10h12----|
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G

--14-x-12-x-14-x-12-------------|
--14-x-12-x-14-x-12-------------|
--14-x-12-x-14-x-12-------------|
--14-x-12-x-14-x-12----------12-|
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1st verse:

C

There's trouble on the streets tonight, I can feel it in my bones,

C

I had a premonition that I should not go alone,

C

I knew the gun was loaded, but I didn't think he'd kill,

C

everything exploded and the blood began to spill.

F

So baby, here's your ticket, put this suitcase in your hand,

F

Here's a little money, now do it just the way we planned,

C

You be cool for twenty hours and I'll pay you twenty grand.

G

I'm sorry it went down like this, someone had to lose,

F

It's the nature of the business it's the smugglers' blues.

( play intro lead 2 times )

2nd verse:

C

The sailors and the pilots, the soldiers and the law,

C

the pay-offs, and the rip-offs, and the things nobody saw,

C

No matter if it's heroin, or cocaine or hash,

C

You've got to carry weapons 'cause you allways carry cash.

F

There's lots of shady characters, lots dirty deals,

F

every name's an alias in case somebody squeels,

C

it's the allure of easy money that's got a very strong appeal.

G

Perhaps you'd understand it better, standing in my shoes,

F C

It's the ultimate enticement, it's the smugglers' blues.

BRIDGE:

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-----7-7---7-7-----7-7----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7--|
-----7-7---7-7-----7-7----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7--|
-----7-7---7-7-----7-7----7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7-----7-7-----7-7--|
---9-----9------11-----11----------------------11------11------|
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( repeat this sequence )

LEAD:

--8---8---8---8---8------------|-----------------------------------|
--11b-11b-11b-11b-11b--8-11/13-|--8---5-----5----------------------|
-------------------------------|--7b--5--7--5--5---------5--7r5----|
-------------------------------|---------7-----7--0h5h7----------7-|
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-------8-8-------8-8----------11/13-|-13r10r0--13r10r0--13r10r0----|
--11b-------11b-------13\11-8-------|----------------------------13|
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--8r5r0----8----------|
--------8----8-----5--|
---------------7b--5--|
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3rd verse:

C

You see it in the headlines, you hear it everyday,

C

They say they're gonna stop it, but it does not go away,

C

They move it through Miami, they sell it in L.A.

C

They hide it up, I'll tell ya right, I mean it's here to stay.

F

Departments of the govenment in Columbia and Peru,

F

You ask any D.A. man they'll tell ya there's nothing they can do,

C

From the office of the President right down to me and you, me and you.

G

Well it's a losing proposition, but one you can't refuse,

F

It's the politics of contraban, it's the smugglers blues.

Ending Lead:

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--12/14-----14----|-10/12----12---|-7b-5---5-7-7b--5h7-5-|
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