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|first = [[Concert 1986-07- | |first = [[Concert 1986-07-04 Roskilde|July 4, 1986, Roskilde, Denmark]] | ||
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==Chords== | ==Chords== | ||
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G C D C(2) G(2) | G C D C(2) G(2) | ||
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==Internal links== | ==Internal links== | ||
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Blood And Chocolate] | *[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Blood And Chocolate] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/bac.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/bac.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/bac/bac_info_a01.htm B&C Info page] | ||
*[[Template: Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?|Lyrics]] | *[[Template: Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?|Lyrics]] {{-}} [[Elvis Costello covers: Honey, Are You Straight Or Are You Blind?|Covers]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www. | *[http://www.inanotherroom.com/bac.html Elvis Costello Reissues: Blood & Chocolate] | ||
[[Category:1986]] | [[Category:1986]] |
Revision as of 15:26, 25 January 2013
Who do you see when you turn your eyes down? |
First known performance:
Alternate versions
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Covers
Bart Mendoza and True Stories | performed live, May 2013, Riviera Supper Club, La Mesa, California | 2013 | YouTube |
Erich Sellheim | home studio production, sung in German | 2019 | YouTube |
Chords
Bass and organ riffs: G C D C(2) G(2) G||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------------|| D||-5---3---5---3-3---|-------------------|---------|-------------|| A||---5---3---5-----3-|-3---1---3---1-1---|-5---3-5-|5---3-3------|| E||-------------------|---3---3---3-----3-|---5-----|--5-----5-3--|| Electric guitar riffs: G C D C(2) G(2) e||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------|--3--|| B||-----5-5-5-55-3----|------5-5-5-5------|-5-5-5/7-|---5---|--3--|| G||-----5-5-5-55-3----|------5-5-5-5------|-5-5-5/7-|---5---|--4--|| D||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------|-----|| A||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------|-----|| E||-------------------|-------------------|---------|-------|-----|| G Who do you see when you turn your eyes down? G Who do you see when I'm not seeing you? C The news is out all over town G And all these girls are taking turns at being you [chorus:] D Well, well, well C(2) You'd better make up your mind G(2)[tacet] Honey, are you straight or are you blind? G She's coming in between us you know that she is G I'm not holding on to her but one of us is C My hands are in my pocket, my face is in a book G She could walk 'round naked and I wouldn't sneak a look [chorus] g a b C Honey are you straight or are you blind? g a b C Honey are you straight or are you blind? g a b C Honey are you straight or are you blind? a b c# D G Honey are you straight or are you blind? G She walked in and your eyes flew out the door G You squeezed my hand 'til the circulation ceases C She's just a doll like so many more G She's the kind of doll that you'd like to pull to pieces Chorus G Well, well, well You'd better make up your mind Honey are you straight or are you blind?