INTRO:/=slide up \=slide down h=hammer r=rake(pull-off) b=bend E|---------------------------------------------------------| B|--11/13--11-8-11-8--8--8---5-----------------------------| G|--------------------7--7b--5--3-0-3-0-3-3h5--3-0-3333h5--| D|---------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| ( repeat ) This is the riff used throughout the song: x=muff C F E|--7-x-5-x-7-x-5---------|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10-------------| B|--7-x-5-x-7-x-5---------|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10-------------| G|--7-x-5-x-7-x-5-------5-|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10----------10-| D|--7-x-5-x-7-x-5-------5-|--12-x-10-x-12-x-10----------10-| A|----------------5-5h7---|--------------------10-10h12----| E|------------------------|--------------------------------| G E|--14-x-12-x-14-x-12-------------| B|--14-x-12-x-14-x-12-------------| G|--14-x-12-x-14-x-12-------------| D|--14-x-12-x-14-x-12----------12-| A|--------------------12-12h14----| E|--------------------------------| 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: E|-----7-7---7-7-----7-7----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7--| B|-----7-7---7-7-----7-7----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7--| G|-----7-7---7-7-----7-7----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7--| D|-----7-7---7-7-----7-7----7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7-----7-7-----7-7--| A|---9-----9------11-----11----------------------11------11------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| ( repeat this sequence ) LEAD: E|--8---8---8---8---8------------|-----------------------------------| B|--11b-11b-11b-11b-11b--8-11/13-|--8---5-----5----------------------| G|-------------------------------|--7b--5--7--5--5---------5--7r5----| D|-------------------------------|---------7-----7--0h5h7----------7-| A|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|-------8-8-------8-8----------11/13-|-13r10r0--13r10r0--13r10r0----| B|--11b-------11b-------13\11-8-------|----------------------------13| G|------------------------------------|------------------------------| D|------------------------------------|------------------------------| A|------------------------------------|------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|------------------------------| E|--8r5r0----8----------| B|--------8----8-----5--| G|---------------7b--5--| D|----------------------| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| 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: E|------------------|---------------|----------------------| B|---------13-----13|-------11----11|-8--5---5-8-8-------5-| G|--12/14-----14----|-10/12----12---|-7b-5---5-7-7b--5h7-5-| D|------------------|---------------|------7---------------| A|------------------|---------------|----------------------| E|------------------|---------------|----------------------|