Glenn Frey - Smugglers Blues Chords

[Intro]
C C7 C F C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C
There's trouble on the street tonight,
C
I can feel it in my bones.
C
I had a premonition that
C
He should not go alone.
C
I knew the gun was loaded,
C
But I didn't think he'd kill.
C
Everything exploded,
C
And the blood began to spill.
 
 
[Verse 2]
F
So, baby, here's your ticket
F
Put the suitcase in your hand.
F
Here's a little money now
F
Do it just the way we planned.
       C
You be cool for twenty hours
C
And I'll pay you twenty grand.
 
 
[Chorus]
    G
I'm sorry it went down like this,
G
Someone had to lose.
         F
It's the nature of the business,
                    C
It's the smuggler's blues.
C
Smuggler's blues
 
 
[Verse 3]
C
The sailors and the pilots,
C
The soldiers and the law.
C
The payoffs and the ripoffs,
C
And the things nobody saw.
C
No matter if it's heroin,
C
Cocaine or hash.
C
You've got to carry weapons,
C
'Cause you always carry cash
 
 
[Verse 4]
        F
There's lots of shady characters,
F
Lots of dirty deals.
F
Every name's an alias,
F
In case somebody squeals.
         C
It's the lure of easy money,
C
It's gotta very strong appeal.
 
 
[Chorus]
G
Perhaps you'd understand it better
G
Standing in my shoes.
         F
It's the ultimate enticement,
                    C
It's the smuggler's blues.
C
Smuggler's blues
 
 
 
[Verse 5]
C
See it in the headlines,
C
You hear it every day.
C
They say they're gonna stop it,
C
But it doesn't go away.
C
They move it through Miami,
C
Sell it in L.A.
C
They hide it up in Telluride,
C
I mean it's here to stay.
 
 
[Verse 6]
     F
It's propping up the governments
F
Of Columbia and Peru.
F
You ask any DEA man,
F
He'll say there's nothing we can do.
         C
From the office of the President,
C
Right down to me and you.
C
Me and you
 
 
[Chorus]
       G
It's a losing proposition,
G
But one you can't refuse.
         F
It's the politics of contraband,
                    C
It's the smuggler's blues.
C
Smuggler's blues.