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?
     C7G
   I bleed a little too.
   G
   You're invisible. Is there something I can give to you?
                       D                  C7G
   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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