Chords for Gary Louris - True Blue [MPR/The Current]
Tempo:
78.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
Am
C
G
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [D]
[Am] [D]
Rusty wire, [Am] bent to make a fence, [D]
rows and [Am] rows of houses,
[C]
[G] holding still until [D]
tomorrow.
Wrestling waters, [Am] colored by the stones, [D]
some ungrateful [Am] morning.
Take [C]
the [G] sand, stir up the [D]
powder, [Bb]
strip [F] it down to [G] what you [D] can believe in.
[Bb]
Pass [F] it on, [C] what is [G] right and [D]
true, [Am] blue, [D]
true, blue.
[Am] [D]
Today's the day, [Am] my branches bear their fruit, [D]
and all my labor will [Am] be rewarded.
[C]
Then I [G] have a way, it's like [D] starting over, riches and their [Am] thorns,
lumber where they [D] lay, revealing [Am] sparkling secrets,
[C]
behold you [G] would bring happiness, your absence [D] sorrow.
[Bb]
Strip it down [C] to what you [D] can rescue, [Bb]
pass it on, [C] what [G] is right [A] and true, [Am] blue, [D]
true, [Am] blue.
[D]
[E]
[C] [G] [D]
[Bb]
[F] [C] Shapes and stages and shapes, [Bb]
giving [F] up ground now, [C] taking another place,
[Bb]
holding [F] one's own [C] as [G] if you were [D] just born.
Flying away, [Am] feel without a [D] trace, feel fulfillment in [Am] this small corner,
[C]
with [G] no possessions to [D] create sorrow.
[Bb]
Strip it down [C] to what you [D] can believe in, [Bb]
pass it [C] on, what is right [A] and [D] true, [Am] blue, [D] true, [Am] blue.
[D]
True, [Am] blue.
[D] [Am] [C]
[Am] [D]
Rusty wire, [Am] bent to make a fence, [D]
rows and [Am] rows of houses,
[C]
[G] holding still until [D]
tomorrow.
Wrestling waters, [Am] colored by the stones, [D]
some ungrateful [Am] morning.
Take [C]
the [G] sand, stir up the [D]
powder, [Bb]
strip [F] it down to [G] what you [D] can believe in.
[Bb]
Pass [F] it on, [C] what is [G] right and [D]
true, [Am] blue, [D]
true, blue.
[Am] [D]
Today's the day, [Am] my branches bear their fruit, [D]
and all my labor will [Am] be rewarded.
[C]
Then I [G] have a way, it's like [D] starting over, riches and their [Am] thorns,
lumber where they [D] lay, revealing [Am] sparkling secrets,
[C]
behold you [G] would bring happiness, your absence [D] sorrow.
[Bb]
Strip it down [C] to what you [D] can rescue, [Bb]
pass it on, [C] what [G] is right [A] and true, [Am] blue, [D]
true, [Am] blue.
[D]
[E]
[C] [G] [D]
[Bb]
[F] [C] Shapes and stages and shapes, [Bb]
giving [F] up ground now, [C] taking another place,
[Bb]
holding [F] one's own [C] as [G] if you were [D] just born.
Flying away, [Am] feel without a [D] trace, feel fulfillment in [Am] this small corner,
[C]
with [G] no possessions to [D] create sorrow.
[Bb]
Strip it down [C] to what you [D] can believe in, [Bb]
pass it [C] on, what is right [A] and [D] true, [Am] blue, [D] true, [Am] blue.
[D]
True, [Am] blue.
[D] [Am] [C]
Key:
D
Am
C
G
Bb
D
Am
C
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
Rusty wire, [Am] _ bent to make a fence, [D] _
_ rows and [Am] rows of houses,
_ [C] _
_ _ [G] holding still until [D]
tomorrow. _ _ _ _ _ _
Wrestling waters, [Am] colored by the stones, [D] _
some ungrateful [Am] morning.
Take [C] _ _
_ the [G] sand, _ stir up the [D]
powder, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
strip [F] it down to [G] what you [D] can believe in.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Pass [F] it on, [C] what is [G] right and [D] _
true, [Am] blue, _ _ _ [D]
true, blue.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
Today's the day, [Am] my branches bear their fruit, [D]
and all my labor will [Am] be rewarded.
_ _ [C] _
_ Then I [G] have a way, _ it's like [D] starting over, _ _ _ _ _ _ riches and their [Am] thorns,
lumber where they [D] lay, _ revealing [Am] sparkling secrets,
_ [C] _
_ behold you [G] would bring happiness, your absence [D] sorrow.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Strip it down [C] to what you [D] can rescue, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
pass it on, [C] what [G] is right [A] and true, [Am] blue, _ _ _ [D]
true, _ [Am] blue.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ [C] Shapes and stages and shapes, _ _ [Bb]
giving [F] up ground now, [C] taking another place,
[Bb]
holding [F] one's own [C] as [G] if you were [D] just born. _ _ _ _ _ _
Flying away, [Am] _ feel without a [D] trace, feel fulfillment in [Am] this small corner,
_ [C] _
_ with [G] no possessions to [D] create sorrow.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Strip it down [C] to what you [D] can believe in, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
pass it [C] on, what is right [A] and _ [D] true, [Am] blue, _ _ [D] true, _ [Am] blue.
_ _ _ [D] _
True, [Am] blue.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
Rusty wire, [Am] _ bent to make a fence, [D] _
_ rows and [Am] rows of houses,
_ [C] _
_ _ [G] holding still until [D]
tomorrow. _ _ _ _ _ _
Wrestling waters, [Am] colored by the stones, [D] _
some ungrateful [Am] morning.
Take [C] _ _
_ the [G] sand, _ stir up the [D]
powder, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
strip [F] it down to [G] what you [D] can believe in.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Pass [F] it on, [C] what is [G] right and [D] _
true, [Am] blue, _ _ _ [D]
true, blue.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
Today's the day, [Am] my branches bear their fruit, [D]
and all my labor will [Am] be rewarded.
_ _ [C] _
_ Then I [G] have a way, _ it's like [D] starting over, _ _ _ _ _ _ riches and their [Am] thorns,
lumber where they [D] lay, _ revealing [Am] sparkling secrets,
_ [C] _
_ behold you [G] would bring happiness, your absence [D] sorrow.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Strip it down [C] to what you [D] can rescue, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
pass it on, [C] what [G] is right [A] and true, [Am] blue, _ _ _ [D]
true, _ [Am] blue.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ [C] Shapes and stages and shapes, _ _ [Bb]
giving [F] up ground now, [C] taking another place,
[Bb]
holding [F] one's own [C] as [G] if you were [D] just born. _ _ _ _ _ _
Flying away, [Am] _ feel without a [D] trace, feel fulfillment in [Am] this small corner,
_ [C] _
_ with [G] no possessions to [D] create sorrow.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Strip it down [C] to what you [D] can believe in, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
pass it [C] on, what is right [A] and _ [D] true, [Am] blue, _ _ [D] true, _ [Am] blue.
_ _ _ [D] _
True, [Am] blue.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _