Chords for Keb' Mo' / Perpetual Blues Machine
Tempo:
120.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
Am
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[E] [B] [E] [A]
You had style, you had class, you [F#] had everything [Bm] to make [A] a love last.
You had grace, you had charm, you had [D] me hanging on [A] your arm.
When I found out [E] you were a fake, [B] you ran up and bit me like a snake.
And [F#m] I wasn't ready to [E] let go [B] and let all my [E] feelings [Am] show.
[A#] [E] [D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, [D] why you wanna be [A] so mean.
[Am]
[D] You're gonna let [A] your true [F#] colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [Bm] blue [A] machine.
We could have been just fine [Am] if [D] you'd have only been [A] all mine.
I was for real, but you did not know that [Am] you were [D] stepping on my heart as you [F#m] were walking out the
door.
Now I know just who you are [B] and it's a damn good thing we didn't get too far.
[F#] I'm not the one
that's right for you.
You [B] need a man to do your rolling [E] like you [Am] [A#] want him to [E] do, [Am] baby.
[D] Why you wanna be [A] so cold, [D] why you wanna be [A] so mean?
[D] You're gonna let [A] your true [F#] colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [E] blue [A]
machine.
[D]
[A]
[Am]
[D] [A] [F#m] Now you're gone and I'm glad [B] that we didn't let it get too bad.
You [F#m] know I tried [E] to make it go, [B] but there was just no [E] way.
[Am] Tell your [E] soul, [Am] baby, [D] why you wanna be [Am] so
cold, why you wanna [D] be [A] so [D] mean?
[A]
[D] You're gonna let [A] your [Em] true colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [E] [Bm] blue
[A] machine.
[D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, [Am]
[D] why you wanna be [A] so mean?
[D]
You're gonna let [A] your true
[F#] colors show.
[B] You're a [E] perpetual blue [A] machine.
[B]
A [Bm] perpetual blue [Am] machine.
[F#m] [F] [Am] [E] [A]
[N]
[D] [A]
[D] [A] [D] [A]
[E] [B] [E] [A]
You had style, you had class, you [F#] had everything [Bm] to make [A] a love last.
You had grace, you had charm, you had [D] me hanging on [A] your arm.
When I found out [E] you were a fake, [B] you ran up and bit me like a snake.
And [F#m] I wasn't ready to [E] let go [B] and let all my [E] feelings [Am] show.
[A#] [E] [D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, [D] why you wanna be [A] so mean.
[Am]
[D] You're gonna let [A] your true [F#] colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [Bm] blue [A] machine.
We could have been just fine [Am] if [D] you'd have only been [A] all mine.
I was for real, but you did not know that [Am] you were [D] stepping on my heart as you [F#m] were walking out the
door.
Now I know just who you are [B] and it's a damn good thing we didn't get too far.
[F#] I'm not the one
that's right for you.
You [B] need a man to do your rolling [E] like you [Am] [A#] want him to [E] do, [Am] baby.
[D] Why you wanna be [A] so cold, [D] why you wanna be [A] so mean?
[D] You're gonna let [A] your true [F#] colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [E] blue [A]
machine.
[D]
[A]
[Am]
[D] [A] [F#m] Now you're gone and I'm glad [B] that we didn't let it get too bad.
You [F#m] know I tried [E] to make it go, [B] but there was just no [E] way.
[Am] Tell your [E] soul, [Am] baby, [D] why you wanna be [Am] so
cold, why you wanna [D] be [A] so [D] mean?
[A]
[D] You're gonna let [A] your [Em] true colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [E] [Bm] blue
[A] machine.
[D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, [Am]
[D] why you wanna be [A] so mean?
[D]
You're gonna let [A] your true
[F#] colors show.
[B] You're a [E] perpetual blue [A] machine.
[B]
A [Bm] perpetual blue [Am] machine.
[F#m] [F] [Am] [E] [A]
[N]
Key:
A
D
E
Am
B
A
D
E
[G#] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ You had style, you had class, you [F#] had everything [Bm] to make [A] a love last.
You had grace, you had charm, you had [D] me hanging on [A] your arm.
When I found out [E] you were a fake, _ [B] you ran up and bit me like a snake.
And [F#m] I wasn't ready to [E] let go [B] and let all my [E] feelings [Am] show.
[A#] _ [E] [D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, _ _ [D] why you wanna be [A] so mean.
_ _ [Am] _
[D] You're gonna let [A] your true [F#] colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [Bm] blue [A] machine. _ _ _
_ We could have been _ just fine _ [Am] if [D] you'd have only been [A] all mine.
I was for real, but you did not know that [Am] you were [D] stepping on my heart as you [F#m] were walking out the
door.
Now I know just who you are [B] and it's a damn good thing we didn't get too far.
[F#] I'm not the one
that's right for you.
You [B] need a man to do your rolling [E] like you [Am] [A#] want him to [E] do, [Am] baby.
[D] Why you wanna be [A] so cold, _ _ [D] why you wanna be [A] so mean?
_ _ [D] _ You're gonna let [A] your true [F#] colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [E] blue [A]
machine. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] Now you're gone _ and I'm glad [B] that we didn't let it get too bad.
You [F#m] know I tried _ [E] to make it go, _ [B] but there was just no [E] way.
[Am] Tell your [E] soul, [Am] baby, [D] why you wanna be [Am] so
cold, _ _ why you wanna [D] be [A] so [D] mean?
[A] _ _ _
[D] You're gonna let [A] your [Em] true colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [E] [Bm] blue
[A] machine.
_ [D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, [Am] _
[D] why you wanna be [A] so mean?
_ _ [D] _
You're gonna let [A] your true
[F#] colors show.
[B] You're a [E] perpetual blue [A] machine.
_ _ [B]
A [Bm] perpetual blue [Am] machine.
[F#m] _ [F] _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ You had style, you had class, you [F#] had everything [Bm] to make [A] a love last.
You had grace, you had charm, you had [D] me hanging on [A] your arm.
When I found out [E] you were a fake, _ [B] you ran up and bit me like a snake.
And [F#m] I wasn't ready to [E] let go [B] and let all my [E] feelings [Am] show.
[A#] _ [E] [D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, _ _ [D] why you wanna be [A] so mean.
_ _ [Am] _
[D] You're gonna let [A] your true [F#] colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [Bm] blue [A] machine. _ _ _
_ We could have been _ just fine _ [Am] if [D] you'd have only been [A] all mine.
I was for real, but you did not know that [Am] you were [D] stepping on my heart as you [F#m] were walking out the
door.
Now I know just who you are [B] and it's a damn good thing we didn't get too far.
[F#] I'm not the one
that's right for you.
You [B] need a man to do your rolling [E] like you [Am] [A#] want him to [E] do, [Am] baby.
[D] Why you wanna be [A] so cold, _ _ [D] why you wanna be [A] so mean?
_ _ [D] _ You're gonna let [A] your true [F#] colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [E] blue [A]
machine. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] Now you're gone _ and I'm glad [B] that we didn't let it get too bad.
You [F#m] know I tried _ [E] to make it go, _ [B] but there was just no [E] way.
[Am] Tell your [E] soul, [Am] baby, [D] why you wanna be [Am] so
cold, _ _ why you wanna [D] be [A] so [D] mean?
[A] _ _ _
[D] You're gonna let [A] your [Em] true colors show.
[B] You're a perpetual [E] [Bm] blue
[A] machine.
_ [D] Tell me why you wanna be [A] so cold, [Am] _
[D] why you wanna be [A] so mean?
_ _ [D] _
You're gonna let [A] your true
[F#] colors show.
[B] You're a [E] perpetual blue [A] machine.
_ _ [B]
A [Bm] perpetual blue [Am] machine.
[F#m] _ [F] _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _