Blue Chair

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Lyrics

Now it's just you and me, my blue friend

And you say that it's you that she's thinking of

And our affair must end

But if it's you that she's thinking of

I think my broken heart might mend


Chorus:

Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think

Your turn to buy and my turn to drink

Your turn to cry and my turn to sink down in the blue chair

Down in the blue chair


Now I've made up my mind, I've made my mistake

And I know that she cries for you

When she's barely awake

But she's going to bend your mind

Well, I hope it don't break


(Chorus)


Down in the blue chair

We can watch our troubles rise

Like smoke into the air

And drift up to the ceiling

Down in the blue chair

You can feel just like a boy or a man

And next minute you can find yourself kneeling

Down in the blue chair

They're boasting of loving the daylights right out of her in the small hours

Down in the blue chair

You say that your love lasts forever when you know the night is just hours


And still I want her right now

Not any minute, hour or day

And wherever she is tonight

I want her anyway

I suppose she never said to you

You were just in the way


(Chorus)


Down in the blue chair

Down in the blue chair


Down in the blue chair

Down in the blue chair

Down in the blue chair

Down in the blue

Blue becomes you

Down in the blue chair


Credits

Elvis Costello - vocals and guitar
Steve Nieve - keyboards
Bruce Thomas - bass
Pete Thomas - drums
Nick Lowe - guitar


Discography

Albums:

Singles:

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Collections:

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Various Artists collections:

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Covers

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Performed by:

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Bootlegs

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Chords

From: Gary O'Neill
drop d tuning                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

intro: D a_b....
D| Now it's just you and me, G| my blue D| friend
D| And you say that it's you that she's thinking of                                                                                                         
G| And our F#7| affair must end
D| But if it's you that she's thinking of                                                                                                                                                                             
G|I think my broken heart might F#7| mend
Now it's G| my turn to F#m| talk and C| your turn to D| think
G| Your turn to A| buy and Bbm| my turn to Bm| drink
G| Your turn to F#m| cry and G| my turn to D| sink G| Down in the Blue Em| Chair                                                                                                                            
G| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair
  
D Now I've made up my mind G I've made my D mistake
D And I know that she cries for you                                                                                                                       
G When she's barely F#7 awake
D Well she's going to bend your mind                                                                                                                     
G Well I hope it don't F#7 break
Now it's my turn .... 

Down in the Blue Em| Chair                                                                                                                                 
We can F#m| watch our G| troubles rise like
F#m| smoke into the Em| air                                                                                                                                    
And Em drift Ebm| up to the D| ceiling
Down in the Blue Em| Chair
You can Em| feel just F#m like a G| boy or a F#m| man
And next Em| minute you can Ebm| find yourself D| kneeling

Down in the Blue F#m| Chair
They're F#m| boasting G#m of A| loving the G#m| daylights 
right F#m| out of her G#m| in the small Bm| hours
Down in the Blue Em| Chair
You Em| say F#m that your G| love lasts F#m| forever
when Em| you know the G| night just A| hours                                                                                                     
A/G  A/F#| uh ho ho A/E| ho ho ho
 
D And still I want her right now                                                                                                                               
G Not any minute, hour or D day
D And wherever she is tonight  G I want her F#7 anyway
D I suppose she never said to you,                                                                                                                         
G You were just in the F#7 way

Now it's my turn....

Em| Down in the Blue D| Chair                                                                                                                             
Bb| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair
G| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair                                                                                                                            
G| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair
G| Down A| in the Blue B7| Chair
Em| Down F#m| in the blue  G| Blue Bm| becomes you
G| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair

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