If I Were Blue Chords by Patricia Barber

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_ _ _ If _ I were [Am] blue, _ _ _ [F#] _ [C] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ like David [F] Hockney's pool, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dive into [Am] me and glide _ _ _ _ under a California
[C] _ sky _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ inside [F] your mouth and nose and [G] _ eyes, [Am] am [G] I? _ _ _ _
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If I [Em] were blue, _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ like Edward _ _ Hopper's [F] afternoon, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ lift [Am] this ash to where the breeze, _ [C] let my
summer flush your cheek, [Am] _ _ _
[B] lice [F] a pine beneath this [B] soft _ _ and gentle _ season, [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ would that _ _ this
[Dm] were _ this, _ _ _ _ this is more like [Am] _
black, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] dark as darkest _ [Am] indigo, _ _ _ _ sickly sweet and [F] ripe, _ _ like
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nothing, _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[A] smothering [E] light, _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ bring on the pelting [Dm] _ _ rain, _ _ _ _ _ _ palpable _ _ _ [C] sensual pain, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] like Goya in
his studio _ _ _ in the thick of _ night, _ _ [B] _
absence _ [F] is dull _ _ _ _ and [G] _ [B] silent.
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ If I were [Am] _ blue, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ a pale Picasso [F] blue, _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
as beauty is to sorrow, _ [Bm] _
[C] _ let me cover you in sleep _ _ and
in [F] your _ melancholy _ [G] I would [Am] give you _ [G] _ peace.
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_ If I were _ [Am] _
blue, [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Am] would that _ _ this [Dm] were that, _ [F] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] this is more [Am] like [B] black, _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
dark as darkest indigo, _ _
[C] _ _ sickly sweet and ripe, [Dm] _ _ _ _ [B] like nothing, _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] smothering [E]
light, _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ bring on the [Dm] pelting _ rain, [F] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ palpable _ _ _
sensual [A] _ [Am] pain, _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] like Goya in his studio _ [C] _ _
in the thick of night, _ [G] _ _
[B] _ absence _ [F] _ is dull _ _ _ _ and _ [Bm]
silent.
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_ _ _ _ If I were [Am] _ [E] blue, _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ a pale [F] Picasso blue, _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] as beauty is to sorrow, _ _ [D]
let [G] me [C] cover you in sleep _ _ _ _ and
in [F] your _ melancholy _ I would give you _
[B] _ [G] _ peace.
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_ _ _ If I [Em] were blue. _ _ _ _ _
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