Blue Tab

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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
Where have all my friends gone?
 A   B     A         E
They've all disappeared
 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-------|
-------------------------------|
--------4---4-------2-----2----|
----4s6--------6s4-------------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
** 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-------|
-------------------------------|
--------4---4-------2-----2----|
----4s6--------6s4-------------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
** 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-------|
-------------------------------|
--------4---4-------2-----2----|
----4s6--------6s4-------------|
-------------------------------|
-------------------------------|
 
 
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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