Blue

Intro C  Em  D  Am 


C   Em 
I try 
    D 
To live in black and white 
             Am 
But I'm so blue 
C    Em 
I'd like 
    D                           Am 
To mean it when I say I'm over you 
                       C 
But that's still not true 
         Em 
(Blue, blue) 
                   D 
Oh, I'm still so blue (Oh) 
         Am 
(Blue, blue) 


                       Em 
I thought we were the same 

(Thought we were the same) 
            D 
Birds of a feather 

(Birds of a feather) 
           Am 
Now I'm ashamed (Oh) 
                 C 
And I told you why 
              Em 
Désolé, mon amour 
               D 
I'm trying my best (Trying) 
                       Am 
Don't know what's in store 
             C 
Open up the door (Blue) 
                   Em 
In the back of my mind 
               D 
I'm still overseas (Blue) 
             Am 
A bird in a cage 
                           C 
Thought you were made for me 


    Em 
I try (I'm not what) 
    D 
To live in black and white 
             Am 
But I'm so blue 

(But I'm not what you need) 
C    Em                 D 
I'd like (Not what you need) 
                                Am 
To mean it when I say I'm over you 
                       C     Em 
But that's still not true, true 

(Blue, blue) 
                   D 
And I'm still so blue 

(That's not true) 
         Am 
(Blue, blue) 
           C          Em 
I'm true blue, true blue 
           D  Am 
I'm true blue 
   C     Em 
(Blue, blue) 
    D     Am 
Hmm   hmm 

   Cm 
Ah-ah ah-ah 
   G 
Ah-ah ah-ah 


                Cm 
You were born bluer than a butterfly 
                          G 
Beautiful and so deprived of oxygen 
 Cm 
Colder than your father's eyes 

He never learned to sympathize 
     G 
With anyone 


          Cm 
I don't blame you 
              G 
But I can't change you 
       Cm 
Don't hate you (Don't hate you) 
              G 
But we can't save you 

(But we can't save you)


               Cm 
You were born reaching for your 

Mother's hands 

Victim of your father's plans 
 G 
To rule the world 
 Cm 
Too afraid to step outside 

Paranoid and petrified 
     G 
Of what you've heard 


                        Cm 
But they could say the same 'bout me 

I sleep 'bout three hours each night 
                              G 
Means only twenty-one a week now, now 
                     Cm 
And I could say the same 'bout you 

Born prayin', that's cool 

You're famous too 
                       G 
Just a baby born blue now, now 


          Cm 
I don't blame you (I don't blame you) 
              G 
But I can't change you 
       Cm 
Don't hate you 
              G 
But we can't save you 

(But we can't save you) 

(But they could say the same 'bout me) 

(I sleep 'bout three hours each night) 

(Means only twenty-one a week now) 

Final 

Cm 
   Ah-ah-ah 

(But they could say the same 'bout me) 

(I sleep 'bout three hours each night) 

(Means only twenty-one a week now) 
G 
  Ah-ah-ah-ah 

(But they could say the same 'bout me) 

(I sleep 'bout three hours each night) 

(Means only twenty-one a week now) 
Cm       G 
   Ah-ah 

(But they could say the same 'bout me) 

(I sleep 'bout three hours each night) 

(Means only twenty-one a week now) 
Cm 
Ooh-ooh 
           G 
It's over now 
           Cm 
It's over now 
           G 
It's over now 
Cm       G 
   Ah-ah