Chords for "BLUE" - Sage Francis [official video]

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[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] He [A] was a Southpaw, [B] but had a killer right swing, [A] an outlaw [B] inside of the ring.
[A] Every now and then he'd be put [B] against the ropes, then he'd bounce [A] back, catch a second
wind [B] and then throw blows till noses [A] cracked.
He smashed [B] mouths, he saw red and black [A] out, received a couple pats [B] on the back for the smack downs.
[A] Negative reinforcement, [B] never did he endorse it, [A] had the business sense to wait for [B] press
conferences to talk [A] shit.
He wasn't a [B] dullard, though he'd never say much, [A] properly mothered, but his father [B] taught
him how to take a punch.
[A] Shit was bare enough, a touch [B] of tough love.
Old [A] gut, drunk enough, he took his kid [B] down to the gym and fit him up with [A] gloves, tied
together [B] with a shoelace.
Took him [A] apart, put him on, looked in [B] the mirror and practiced his suit [A] face, said this
is for you [B] pops.
For all the things [A] we never got to do, [B] the hottest part of a flame [A] is blue.
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[A] The [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] hottest part of a flame [A] is blue.
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[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] Now [A] we've got children thinking that [B] they're born to fist fight, [A] cause they've been promised
an [B] apocalypse by prophets without [A] insight.
You could have fooled [B] us, in fact we're [F] dumbstruck.
The school bus is looking like a dump truck, [A] stuff the class like a [B] landfill until it [A] overflows.
Babysitters can't get [B] the students off their mobile [A] phones.
A junkyard dog [B] is eating trash in the [A] cafeteria, feeling [B] mad at America.
The [A] school counselor likes to [B] recycle, psycho babble.
[A] The assistant to the teacher [B] is just an old TV.
[A] Now they've all got the [B] urge to battle, cause they see [A] a sign that says like to [B] travel,
ROTC.
[A] I don't think he can handle, he [B] goes from flannel to camo, [A] cold puttin' all the ammo
[B] in his gun.
He watched [A] channel one, switch [B] to channel two, unplug [A] completely.
[B] The hottest part of a flame [A] is blue.
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_ [E] _ _ [A] The [B] hottest part of a flame [A] is blue.
_ [E] _ _ [A] The [E] hottest part of a flame [A] is blue.
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[A] We're acting like our enemy [B] is the sea, sky, and [A] land now.
Came across [B] soldiers who did nothing but yell, [A] stand down!
In their [B] spare time, inside a [A] shower stall, if not that, they're [B] at the corner store playing [A] Powerball.
And when the [B] towers fall, they get [A] protective of this land and won't stand [B] for anything
to get [A] resurrected.
They're waiting for [B] the second coming, the great [A] pumpkin.
Deep down, they know all [B] they really want to do is break [A] something.
That's what they're trained [B] to do.
And then they say [A] to you, just cause you see the [B] devil in my eyes, don't make [A] it true.
And I say [B] true enough.
All that [A] fire in your eyes shows [B] pain, but the flame ain't blue [A] enough.
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[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [B] The flame ain't blue [A] enough.
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