Song: The Blind Stagger
Written/Performed by: The Charlatans
Album: Us & Us Only (1999)
Intro:
G G7 C G6
E|--3--|--1--|--O--|--3---3-3-3---3-3-3---|
B|--3--|--O--|--1--|--3---3-3-3---3-3-3---|
G|--O--|--O--|--O--|--O---O-O-O---O-O-O---|
D|--O--|--O--|--2--|--2pO-O-O-2pO-O-O-2pO-|
A|--2--|--2--|--3--|--X---X-X-X---X-X-X---|
E|--3--|--3--|-----|--3---3-3-3---3-3-3---|
Verse:
G G7
Lord, It's been a long, long time,
C G6
And people don't you find always leave their troubles at your door.
G G7
I, I live on my own,
C G6
I don't need a bitter soul blowin' 'bout my country anymore.
G G7 C G6
Mmmm, don't you think your daddy needs you home right away.
G G7 C G6
Mmmm, your daddy needs you home right away.
Break:
D Em F C D
Electric Riff 1:
G
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--5p3pO---5-O-3h5p3-O-5p3pO-3-5-3-5-3--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|--------3------------------------------| (x2 Ad Lib)
Chorus:
G D
Oh! It's About time, Can't you for once be strong?
C7 G
I bleed a little too.
G
You're invisible. Is there something I can give to you?
D C7 G
I see my light come shining - there is good on the horizon.
G D
Daylight, sneakin' through my window, I will give you a rainbow,
C7 G
And a bucket full of gold.
G
You've been bitten, by eleven hungrty kittens,
D C7 G
Who will go the whole distance, while the blind stagger.
Electric Riff 2:
G G/F G
(32OO33) (1XOO33) (32OO33)
E|---------------|------------------|
B|---------------|------------------|
G|--3b4r3--------|------------------|
D|--------5p3h5--|------3--------5--|
A|---------------|-----------3------|
E|---------------|--3---------------| (x8)
Acoustic Solo:
E|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|--------3b4-O-----------O--|--------3b4-O--------------------|
D|------O-------3-O-3-O-3----|--------------3------------------|
A|----1----------------------|------1-----------1-3--1h2p1-----|
E|--3------------------------|--1h3-----------3-------------3--| (x2)
Repeat electric riff 1 (x4)
Repeat Chorus.
Then repeat intro chords, with the following bass solo.
G G7 C G
G|------------------|------------------|--------------------|---|
D|------------------|------------------|---------------3--5-|---|
A|---1-X-3--1-X---1-|---1-X-3--1-X---1-|---1-X-3-5-5-X------|---|
E|-3------------3---|-3------------3---|-3------------------|-3-|
The End.
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