From: jbb3607@news.uta.edu (Cap'n Jeff)
Blue
by The Jayhawks
off the album Tommorrow the Green Grass
chords and Tab by Jason Simon (Jsimon@vnet.net)
with a tiny bit of help from Jeff Blackwell (jbb3607@decster.uta.edu)
Intro:
A (slide)B (slide) A E (4x)
A B A E
Turned around maybe one day
A B A E
You're all that was there
Amaj7 A
Stood by on believing
Amaj7 A
Stood by on my own
A B A E
Always thought I was someone
A B A E
Turned out I was wrong
Pre-Chorus:
C#m F#
You brought me through
C#m F#
And you made me feel
Chorus:
E G#
So Blue
Aii Bii
Why don't you stay behind
E G#
So Blue
Aii F# F#m
Why don't you stop and look at what's going down
Lick:
----------4------------2-------
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--------4---4-------2-----2----
----4s6--------6s4-------------
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** End the lick w/ an open E **
Verse 2:
A B A E
If I had an old woman
A B A E
She'd never sell me a lie
A B A E
It's hard to sing with someone
A B A E
Who won't sing with you
Amaj7 A
Give all of my mercy
Amaj7 A
Give all of my Heart
A B A E
Never thought that I'd miss you
A B A E
That I'd miss you so much
Pre-Chorus:
C#m F#
You brought me through
C#m F#
And you made me feel
Chorus:
E G#
So Blue
Aii Bii
Why don't you stay behind
E G#
So Blue
Aii F# F#m
Why don't you stop and look at what's going down
Lick:
----------4------------2-------
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--------4---4-------2-----2----
----4s6--------6s4-------------
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** End the lick w/ an open E **
Bridge:
A
All my life
B
I stayed in line
A
For someone I could
A
Show the door
B
But nothing seems to change
A Bii
You come back in my arms
Chorus:
E G# -|
So Blue |repeat (4x)
Aii Bii |
Why don't you stay behind -|
E G#
So Blue
A F# F#m
Why don't you stop and look at what's going down
Lick:
----------4------------2-------
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--------4---4-------2-----2----
----4s6--------6s4-------------
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Finish w/ a slower version of the intro.
End on a slow E.
Chord shapes:
A: xx222x
B: xx444x
E: 022100
Amaj7: xx2224
C#m: 446654
F#: 244322
G#: 466544
Aii: 577655
Bii: 799877
F#m: 244222
feel free to make any suggestions or corrections or questions or
comments.
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