Beautiful South - Little Blue Chords
Tempo:
125.6 bpm
Chords used:
B
A
E
C#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [B] [A]
[C#m] [A] [B]
[C#m] [A] [B]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] You can't write a novel from [B] a [A]
briefcase [C#m] You can't write a poem from [A] a [B] trench
[C#m] You can't dream a dream from [B] A to B [E] But you can't catch a bus [B] from a bench
[A] [E] You don't back a horse called Striding Snail [A] [C#m] You don't name your boat [A] Titanic Two
[B] [C#m] So why when I [A] see your happy [B] smiling face [E] Do I always end up singing [B] Little Blue?
[A] [E] Little Blue, how [A] do you do?
[F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes [B] Hold a storm [E] about to brew
[A] Little Blue, [F#m] how can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with dew?
Little [E] Blue, how [C] can a flower [Bm] so beautiful Be [C] so laden down [Bm] with dew?
[E] Little Blue, [B]
[A] [C#m] [A]
[B] [E] you can't build a brewery on [B] a [A] cemetery
[C#m] You can't build a pub on [A] a [B] church [C#m] And people fall quicker [A] than [B] buildings do
[E] You have to decide [B] what comes [A] first
[E] You don't call a plane the [B] Flying [A] Woman
[C#m] Cause the Romans always walked and [A] never flew
[B] [C#m] So why when I see [A] your happy [B] smiling face [E] Do I always end up singing [B] Little [A] Blue?
[E] Little Blue, how do [A] you do?
[F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes [B] Hold a storm [E] about to brew
[A] Little Blue, [F#m] how can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with [E] dew?
Little Blue, [B] [A]
[C#m] [A] [B]
[E] well Bukowski wrote a story from [B] a [A] barstool
[C#m] And Keats from the top [A] of a hill
[B]
[C#m] So I'm going to sing my [A] special [B] song for you [E] From a grave where it's quiet and [B] it's chill
Cause [Em] there's a queue of clouds [Bm] assembled On the [C] horizon of [Bm] your smile
When [C] most think that you're [Bm] holding back [A] I know you're holding [B] mine
[E] Little Blue, how [A] do you do?
[F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes Hold [B] a storm [E] about to brew
[A] Little Blue, how [F#m] can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with dew?
Little [E] Blue, [C] how can a flower [Bm] so pretty Be [C] so laden down [Bm] with dew?
[E] Little Blue
[C#m] [A] [B]
[C#m] [A] [B]
[E] [B] [A]
[E] You can't write a novel from [B] a [A]
briefcase [C#m] You can't write a poem from [A] a [B] trench
[C#m] You can't dream a dream from [B] A to B [E] But you can't catch a bus [B] from a bench
[A] [E] You don't back a horse called Striding Snail [A] [C#m] You don't name your boat [A] Titanic Two
[B] [C#m] So why when I [A] see your happy [B] smiling face [E] Do I always end up singing [B] Little Blue?
[A] [E] Little Blue, how [A] do you do?
[F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes [B] Hold a storm [E] about to brew
[A] Little Blue, [F#m] how can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with dew?
Little [E] Blue, how [C] can a flower [Bm] so beautiful Be [C] so laden down [Bm] with dew?
[E] Little Blue, [B]
[A] [C#m] [A]
[B] [E] you can't build a brewery on [B] a [A] cemetery
[C#m] You can't build a pub on [A] a [B] church [C#m] And people fall quicker [A] than [B] buildings do
[E] You have to decide [B] what comes [A] first
[E] You don't call a plane the [B] Flying [A] Woman
[C#m] Cause the Romans always walked and [A] never flew
[B] [C#m] So why when I see [A] your happy [B] smiling face [E] Do I always end up singing [B] Little [A] Blue?
[E] Little Blue, how do [A] you do?
[F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes [B] Hold a storm [E] about to brew
[A] Little Blue, [F#m] how can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with [E] dew?
Little Blue, [B] [A]
[C#m] [A] [B]
[E] well Bukowski wrote a story from [B] a [A] barstool
[C#m] And Keats from the top [A] of a hill
[B]
[C#m] So I'm going to sing my [A] special [B] song for you [E] From a grave where it's quiet and [B] it's chill
Cause [Em] there's a queue of clouds [Bm] assembled On the [C] horizon of [Bm] your smile
When [C] most think that you're [Bm] holding back [A] I know you're holding [B] mine
[E] Little Blue, how [A] do you do?
[F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes Hold [B] a storm [E] about to brew
[A] Little Blue, how [F#m] can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with dew?
Little [E] Blue, [C] how can a flower [Bm] so pretty Be [C] so laden down [Bm] with dew?
[E] Little Blue
Key:
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C#m
Bm
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ [E] You can't write a novel from [B] a [A]
briefcase [C#m] You can't write a poem from [A] a [B] trench
_ [C#m] You can't dream a dream from [B] A to B [E] But you can't catch a bus [B] from a bench
[A] _ [E] You don't back a horse called Striding Snail [A] _ [C#m] You don't name your boat [A] Titanic Two
[B] _ [C#m] So why when I [A] see your happy [B] smiling face [E] Do I always end up singing [B] Little Blue?
[A] _ [E] Little Blue, how [A] do you do?
_ [F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes [B] Hold a storm [E] about to brew
_ [A] Little Blue, _ [F#m] how can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with dew?
Little [E] Blue, _ _ how [C] can a flower [Bm] so beautiful Be [C] so laden down [Bm] with dew?
[E] Little Blue, _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] you can't build a brewery on [B] a [A] cemetery
[C#m] You can't build a pub on [A] a [B] church _ [C#m] And people fall quicker [A] than [B] buildings do
[E] You have to decide [B] what comes [A] first
[E] You don't call a plane the [B] Flying [A] Woman
[C#m] Cause the Romans always walked and [A] never flew
[B] _ [C#m] So why when I see [A] your happy [B] smiling face [E] Do I always end up singing [B] Little [A] Blue?
_ [E] Little Blue, how do [A] you do?
_ [F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes [B] Hold a storm [E] about to brew
_ [A] Little Blue, _ [F#m] how can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with [E] dew?
Little _ Blue, [B] _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _
[E] well Bukowski wrote a story from [B] a [A] barstool _
[C#m] And Keats from the top [A] of a hill
[B] _
[C#m] So I'm going to sing my [A] special [B] song for you [E] From a grave where it's quiet and [B] it's chill _
Cause [Em] there's a queue of clouds [Bm] assembled On the [C] horizon of [Bm] your smile
When [C] most think that you're [Bm] holding back [A] I know you're holding [B] mine
_ _ [E] Little Blue, how [A] do you do?
_ [F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes Hold [B] a storm [E] about to brew _
[A] Little Blue, _ how [F#m] can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with dew?
Little [E] Blue, _ _ [C] how can a flower [Bm] so pretty Be [C] so laden down [Bm] with dew?
[E] Little Blue _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ [E] You can't write a novel from [B] a [A]
briefcase [C#m] You can't write a poem from [A] a [B] trench
_ [C#m] You can't dream a dream from [B] A to B [E] But you can't catch a bus [B] from a bench
[A] _ [E] You don't back a horse called Striding Snail [A] _ [C#m] You don't name your boat [A] Titanic Two
[B] _ [C#m] So why when I [A] see your happy [B] smiling face [E] Do I always end up singing [B] Little Blue?
[A] _ [E] Little Blue, how [A] do you do?
_ [F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes [B] Hold a storm [E] about to brew
_ [A] Little Blue, _ [F#m] how can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with dew?
Little [E] Blue, _ _ how [C] can a flower [Bm] so beautiful Be [C] so laden down [Bm] with dew?
[E] Little Blue, _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[B] _ _ [E] you can't build a brewery on [B] a [A] cemetery
[C#m] You can't build a pub on [A] a [B] church _ [C#m] And people fall quicker [A] than [B] buildings do
[E] You have to decide [B] what comes [A] first
[E] You don't call a plane the [B] Flying [A] Woman
[C#m] Cause the Romans always walked and [A] never flew
[B] _ [C#m] So why when I see [A] your happy [B] smiling face [E] Do I always end up singing [B] Little [A] Blue?
_ [E] Little Blue, how do [A] you do?
_ [F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes [B] Hold a storm [E] about to brew
_ [A] Little Blue, _ [F#m] how can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with [E] dew?
Little _ Blue, [B] _ _ [A] _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _
[E] well Bukowski wrote a story from [B] a [A] barstool _
[C#m] And Keats from the top [A] of a hill
[B] _
[C#m] So I'm going to sing my [A] special [B] song for you [E] From a grave where it's quiet and [B] it's chill _
Cause [Em] there's a queue of clouds [Bm] assembled On the [C] horizon of [Bm] your smile
When [C] most think that you're [Bm] holding back [A] I know you're holding [B] mine
_ _ [E] Little Blue, how [A] do you do?
_ [F#m] Your smile is like heaven but your eyes Hold [B] a storm [E] about to brew _
[A] Little Blue, _ how [F#m] can a flower so pretty Be so laden [B] down with dew?
Little [E] Blue, _ _ [C] how can a flower [Bm] so pretty Be [C] so laden down [Bm] with dew?
[E] Little Blue _
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