Adding The Blue by Chrissie Hynde
Album: Stockholm
Track 11
2014
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
Am: x02210
F: x33211 or 133211
Em: x22000
To play without a capo replace the chords above by D, A, Bm, G & F#m
Intro: [C] [G] [Am] [F]
Verse:
[C] [F]
Everybody's asking where did you go ?
[C]
This was gonna be my masterpiece
[C] [F]
The paint's not even dry yet, oh no
[Am]
I could trace the outline of a shadow
[Em]
I need blood and breath
[G]
To mix my colours
Chorus:
[C]
Where did you go
[G]
After you promised me a portrait
[Am] [F]
Took off your clothes, held a pose
[C] [G]
Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
[Am]
And fingers and your lips
[F]
Broken nose
[C] [G]
On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
[Am] [F]
Please don't move, whatever you do
[C]
While I'm adding the blue
Verse:
[C] [F]
I know I'm not Monet or Van Gogh
[C]
I can't draw like S. Clay Wilson
[C]
You got inside this brush
[F]
That drips with red
[Am]
I can't draw from memories or photos
[Em]
I need blood and breath
[G]
But you left me nothing
Chorus:
[C]
Where did you go
[G]
After you promised me a portrait
[Am] [F]
Took off your clothes, held a pose
[C] [G]
Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
[Am]
And fingers and your lips
[F]
Broken nose
[C] [G]
On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
[Am] [F]
Please don't move, whatever you do
[C]
While I'm adding the blue
[C] [G] [Am] [F]
Bridge:
[C]
Closed this chapter yesterday
[G] [Am]
Take this page and throw it away
[F]
Fill the holes in, sand the wall
You were never here at all
[C] [G]
The warmth where someone never stood
[Am]
Promises were never good
[F]
The smell of human sweat and tears
A passing thought, the passing year, baby
Chorus:
[C]
Where did you go
[G]
After you promised me a portrait
[Am] [F]
Took off your clothes, held a pose
[C] [G]
Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
[Am]
And fingers and your lips
[F]
Broken nose
[C] [G]
On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
[Am] [F]
Please don't move, whatever you do
[C]
While I'm adding the blue
[C] [G] [Am] [F] x 3
