Chords for Smuggler's Blues

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I had a premonition that he should not go alone.
I knew the gun was loaded but I didn't think he'd kill.
Everything exploded and the blood began to spill.
[F] So baby here's your ticket, the suitcase in [Bb] 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.
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[G] I'm sorry it went down like this, someone had [Gm] to lose.
[F] It's the nature of the business, _ _ smugglers blue.
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Smugglers green.
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[C] _ Sailors and the pilot, soldiers and the law.
The payoff and the rip-offs and the things nobody saw.
No matter if it's heroin, cocaine or hash.
You've got to carry weapons cause you always carry cash.
[F] There's lots of shady characters and lots of dirty deals.
Every name's an alias in case somebody [Eb] squeals.
[C] It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal. _ _ _ _ _
[G] Perhaps you'd understand it better standing in my shoes.
[F] It's the ultimate enticement, _ smugglers [C] blue. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Smugglers blue.
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See it in the headlines, you hear it every day.
They say they're gonna stop it but it doesn't go away.
They move it through Miami, sell it in LA.
They hide it up until you ride, I mean until [Bb] they [F] stay.
Swapping up the governments in Colombia and Peru.
You ask any DEA man, they'll say there's nothing we can do.
[C] But the office of the president right down to me and you.
_ _ Me and you. _ _
[G] It's an illusion proposition, but one you can't refuse.
[F] It's the holopix of cons of man, it's the _ [C] smugglers blue. _ _ _ _ _ _
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