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)
Verse 1:
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
Verse 2:
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
Verse 2:
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)
Verse 3:
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
Bridge:
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