From: jbb3607@news.uta.edu (Cap'n Jeff)
Blue
by The Jayhawks
off the album Tommorrow the Green Grass
Intro:
A (slide)B (slide) A E (4x)
A B A ETurned around maybe one day
A B A EYou're all that was there
Amaj7 AStood by on believing
Amaj7 AStood by on my own
A B A EAlways thought I was someone
A B A ETurned 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#mWhy don't you stop and look at what's going down
Lick:
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** End the lick w/ an open E **
Verse 2:
A B A EIf I had an old woman
A B A EShe'd never sell me a lie
A B A EIt's hard to sing with someone
A B A EWho won't sing with you
Amaj7 AGive all of my mercy
Amaj7 AGive all of my Heart
A B A ENever thought that I'd miss you
A B A EThat 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#mWhy don't you stop and look at what's going down
Lick:
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** End the lick w/ an open E **
Bridge:
AAll my life
BI stayed in line
AFor someone I could
AShow the door
BBut 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#mWhy don't you stop and look at what's going down
Lick:
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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
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comments.
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