Laura Veirs - Blue ink
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Capo: 5
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Verse]
e|----0------0----------0-----------| I'm falling off the barstool mama
B|----3------3----------3-----------| Where sunlight moves like sadness across the room
G|----2------2----------2-----------|
D|-0-0--------0------0-------0h2 0--| Oh my sweet mama
A|-------0h3-----3--2-----0h1-------| If you could only see me now
E|----------------------------------| Drunk as a skunk falling out of this rundown lacy gown
[Chorus]
e|---0-----0-----0-----0--|---------| This blue ink
B|---3-----3-----3-----3--|---------| This blue ink
G|---0-----0-----0-----0--|---------| This blue ink across the page I
D|-3-3---2-2-----0-----0--|----0h3--| write to you
A|-------------3-3---2-2--|-2h3-----|
E|------------------------|---------|
[Verse]
e|----0------0----------0-----------| I'm sitting in these thorny cowboy boots and scabby
B|----3------3----------3-----------| knees
G|----2------2----------2-----------| Wondering why I left you mama just to do as I
D|--0-0--------0------0-------0h2 0-| please
A|-------0h3-----3--2-----0h1-------| No hat has a brim wide enough to block out the blazing
E|----------------------------------| sun
I met the devil on the road but I had no legs to
run
[Chorus]
e|---0-----0-----0-----0--|---------| (omit last measure before entering bridge)
B|---3-----3-----3-----3--|---------|
G|---0-----0-----0-----0--|---------| This blue ink
D|-3-3---2-2-----0-----0--|----0h3--| This blue ink
A|-------------3-3---2-2--|-2h3-----| This blue ink across the page I
E|------------------------|---------| write to you
[Bridge]
e|-0--0-0--0-0--0--| (2x)
B|-3--3-3--3-3--3--|
G|-2--0-0--0-0--0--| Silver ran off, two towns ago, I've been, walking alone, I've been walking slow
D|-0--3-2--3-2--0--| My eyes are dry, from the desert wind, I know I ain't coming home to you
A|-----------3--2--|
E|--------------3--|
[Interlude]
e|------------------------1-|
B|------------------------3-|
G|------------------------2-|
D|----0----0----0h3p0-0---0-|
A|-2h3--2h3--2h3-----3------|
E|--------------------------|
[Conclusion]
e|-1--|-0--------------|-0--|-3-------------------| (Play 2x without lyrics)
B|-3--|-1--------------|-1--|-0-------------------| (Chords only for lyrics)
G|-2--|-2----0h2p0---0-|-0--|-0-------------------| I'll take off into the deep blue sky
D|-0--|-2-0h2-----0h2--|-2--|-0-----0h3p0-------0-| When I'm dead and gone and the buzzards fly
A|----|----------------|-3--|-2--2h3------2-2h3---| This blue ink across the page I write to you
E|----|----------------|----|-3-------------------| Mama if you love me you're the only one who do
[Outro]
e|------------------------1-|
B|------------------------3-|
G|------------------------2-|
D|----0----0----0h3p0-0---0-|
A|-2h3--2h3--2h3-----3------|
E|--------------------------|
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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