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The Blues Are Still Blue Belle and Sebastian tuning: standard Credit goes to galateastilston tab and the comments submitted there mostly. I figured I´d make the correction and change some extra things that sound a bit better to me. You should listen to the song to know when the B and F# full barre chords are played, but usually it's only after the D#m and A#m chords. B F# D#m A#m B F# C# E|-------------------|-------------------|-6-|-6-|-7-|-9--|---------------------------------| B|-------------------|-------------------|-7-|-6-|-7-|-11-|---------------------------------| G|-------------------|-------------------|-8-|-6-|-8-|-11-|---------------------------------| D|--4-4-6-4-4-4-6-4--|-------------------|-8-|-8-|-9-|-11-|---6-6-8-6-6-6-8-8^full-6-8---6--| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-4-4-6-4-4-4-6-4---|-6-|-8-|-9-|-9--|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------4-4---4--| E|-------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---|-6-|-7-|----|---------------------------------| X^full = full bend X note Intro: B F# B F# (2x)
BLook at the kid from schF#ool He’s teaching mBamas and papas how to bF#e a little cool He’s changing Bfashion, the way he dF#ress The Btracksuits are old, and the hoF#ody’s way too moody For a kD#mid with the wA#mill to funk He dBances in F#secret; he’s a pC#art-time punk
BShe’s getting off the pF#lane She wants to wrBite a thesis on the popF#ulation underprivileged The kBids fighting up the F#lane Shop lBifting, just drifting Like The SF#witchblade And The Cross But if there’s trD#mouble she’s got the A#mmoves She’s tBaking an eleF#mentary claC#ss in Kung fu
I lBeft my washing in theF# launderette You can pBut some money on it, you can pF#lace a little bet That when IB see my washing The bD#mlack will be gA#mrey and the whBite will be greF#y But the blC#ues are still blue
BI’m crying out for my mF#um If the maBlady don’t go away we’re iF#n a little trouble With thBe boss of the comF#pany I’m a Bsinger, a swinger I’m a F#layabout but laying on TheD#m dock in the laA#mzy sun Will Bnever quite reF#legate meC# to a bum
I lBeft my lady in the laF#underette You can pBut some money on it, you can pF#lace a little bet That when IB see my lady The bD#mlack will be wA#mhite and the whBite will be blaF#ck But the blC#ues are still blue
Base do solo: B - C# B - F# - B - F# - B D#m - A#m - B - F# - C#
BBaby, I love your F#face I’ve been crBeeping round this town because… Well, crF#eeping’s just my way But with a Blittle wink I’ll be F#there I’ll be exBcited for a week, but then excF#itement starts to fade I know your D#myoung, but you’re ouA#mt of touch You’re BFrench, your voF#cabulary’s C#not quite formed
I lBeft my homework in the lF#aunderette I got a Bletter from my mamma which my sF#tupid dog has ate I hid behind tBhe fence Here comes the D#mdeputy hA#mead with the barBk of a buF#lldog He’s not C#making much sense
I lBeft my lady in theF# launderette You can pBut some money on it, you can pF#lace a little bet That when IB see my lady The bD#mlack will be wA#mhite and the whBite will be blaF#ck But the blC#ues are still blue