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The Blues Got The World - Bruce Cockburn Chords

Chords: Blues, Got, C:, C6:, F:, F7:, G7:, C#9:, C9:, C

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Genre: folk, rock, blues

"The Blues Got The World..." (Cockburn)
From "Night Vision" (1973)

Tuned down one half-step (Eb/Ab/Db/Gb/Bb/Eb)

Piedmont-style fingerpicking in C.

The main riff is a constant hammer-on and pull-off

of the 6th note(A)against the C chord at G-string second fret,

which bluesily clashes with the pinkie G on the high e-string.

chord shapes:
C: x32013
C6: x3x213
F: 1x3211
F7: 1x3231
G7: 3x3x3x
C#9: x43444
C9: x32333

main fingerpicking pattern:
E|-----3--3--3---|---3--------------|
B|--1----------1-|-----1-----1---1--|
G|-----2-----2---|-----2p0----2p0---|
D|---------------|------------------|
A|-3------3------|-3-------3--------|
E|---------------|------------------|

chromatic G7 turnaround at end of verses:
E|-----------|
B|-5-4-3-3---|
G|---------0-|
D|-5-4---3---|
A|-0---------|
E|-----3-----|

Outro lick into those ending 9th chords:

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