Chords for Belle & Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue

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Well look at the kid from school _ He's [B] teaching Mamas and Papas how [F#] to be a
little cool He's [B] changing fashion the way he [F#] _ dresses
_ [B] Attracted to folk [F#] and the hoodies where the money [D#m] for the kid with [A#m] the will to [B] funk
He dances [F#] in secret, [C#] he's a part-time punk [C#] _ _ _
[B] But she's getting off the [F#] lane
She [B] wants to write a thesis on the [F#] population _ [B] Underprivileged, the kid's fighting up [F#] the lane
Just [B] shoplifting, just drifting like the [F#] switchblade on the [D#m] crossbar
If there's trouble, [A#m] she's got the [B] moves She's taking [F#] an [C#] elementary class in Kung Fu
I _
_ [B] left my washing [F#] in the laundrette [B] You can put some money on it
You can [F#] place a little bet that [C#] when I see my washing
[D#m] The black will [A#m] be grey [B] and the white [F#] will be grey
[C#] But the blues is still blue
_ _ [B] I'm crying out for my [F#] mama _ [B] If the maladies don't go away
We're [F#] in a little trouble [B] with the boss of the [F#] company
_ _ [B] I'm a singer, a swinger, I'm [F#] a layabout But [D#m] laying on the dock [A#m] in the lazy [B] sun
Will never [F#] quite [C#] relegate me to a bum
_ _ _ [B] I left my lady [F#] in the laundrette You can [B] put some money on it
You can place [F#] a little bet that when I see my lady
[D#m] The black will [A#m] be white and [B] the white will [F#] be black
But [C#] the blues is still blue
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_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] Baby, I love your [F#] face
_ _ [B] I've been creeping round this town [F#] because of creepin'
Tis my way, my [B] poor little wink, I'll be [F#] there
I'll [B] be excited for a week, but [F#] then excitement starts to fade
I [D#m] know you're drunk, but [A#m] you're out of touch
[B] Your French or [F#] _ [C#] vocabulary's not quite for me
_ [F#] I left my homework in the laundrette
I got a letter from my mama which was stupid dog
And said I hid behind the fence
Here [D#m] comes the deputy [A#m] head with [B] the bar cover [F#]
bulldog
[C#] He's not making much sense
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[B] I left my lady [F#] in the laundrette
[B] You can put some [B] money on it
[F#] You can place a little bet that [B] when I see my lady
[D#m] The black will [A#m] be white and [B] the white will [F#] be black
But [C#] the blues is still blue
[C#] _ _ _ [B] I left my lady [F#] in the _ laundrette
You [G#] can put some money on it
You can place a little bet that [B] when I see my [C#]
lady
[D#] The black will be [A#m] white and the [B] white will be [F#] black
But the [C#] blues is still blue _ _ _
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