Chords for Suzanne Vega - Behind Blue Eyes

_ _ _ I think you probably know this next song.
[Eb] It's a song that I did not write,
[F] but a song that I [C] sang last year
as part of a festival in [F] Germany
[Bb] called [C] The Century of Song.
_ It's a song [F] I've always loved.
[Bb] [C] It's awesome.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C]
Sometimes I [F] imagine
that the queen in the [Bb] last [C] song
feels like [F] this.
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Fm] No one knows [Ab] what it's like
to be [Eb] the bad man, _
_ to be [Db] the sad man _
_ _ [Bb] behind blue lights. _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] No one knows what [Ab] it's like
to [Eb] be hated, _ _
_ to [Db] be faded, _ _ _
to [Bb] time. _ _ _ _
_ [Db] But my _ _ _ [Eb] _
dreams
they are [Ab] just empty _ _
as _ [Eb] my [Db] conscience _ [Eb] _ seems true.
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] I [Cm] spent hours _
_ _ _ [Db] only looming
of _ _ [Eb] this vengeance _
_ _ set [Bb] free. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] No [Fm] one [Ab] knows what it's like
to feel [Eb] these feelings _
_ _ like [Db] I do
and _ _ I [Bb] blame you. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] No one bites [Ab] back as hard
_ [Eb] on their anger. _
None _ [Db] of my pain
[Ab] can _ _ [Bb] show through. _
_ _ _ [F] [Db] But my _ _
[Eb] _ dreams
they are just [Ab] empty _
_ _ _ [Db] as my conscience _ [Eb] _ seems true.
[F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] I spent [Cm] hours
_ _ _ _ [Db] only _ looming
_ _ of [Eb] this vengeance _
_ _ _ set [Bb] free. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ My [Cm] fist [Bb] clenches cranked [F] open
before [C] I [Ab] use it
and lose [Eb] my cool.
If I smile you [Bb] better
tell me [Eb] some bad news
before [Cm] I laugh and [Bb] I end.
[F] _ _ If [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Abm] _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] I swallow
[Bb] any of this [F] evil
_ [Cm] put your fingers [Ab] down
on [Eb] my feet.
If [C] I shiver [Bb] please
give me [Eb] a blanket.
_ Keep me [C] warm, let me breathe.
[F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ No one [Ab] knows what it's like
to [Eb] be the bad man _
_ _ to [Bbm] be the [Db] sad man
_ _ _ [Bb] behind blue eyes.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _