Beautiful South - A Little Blue

capo 2nd fret

intro : D A G Bm G A Bm G A D A G

D A G
you can’t write a novel from a briefcase
Bm G A
you can write a poem from a trench
Bm G A
you can dream a dream from a___ to B
D A G
but you can’t catch a bus from a bench

you don’t back a horse called striding snail
you don’t name your boat titanic ii
so why when i see your happy smiling face
do i always end up singing little blue

D G
little blue , how do you do
Em
your smile looks like heaven
A D
but your eyes hold a storm about to brew
G
little blue
Em
how can a flower so pretty
A
be so laden down with dew
D
little blue

A# Am
how can a flower so beautiful
A# Am
be so laden down with dew
D
little blue

you can’t build a brewery on a cemetery
you can build a pub on a church
and people fall quicker than buildings do
you have to decide what comes first

you don’t call a plane the flying roman
’cause the romans always walked and never flew
so why when i see your happy smiling face
do i always end up singing little blue

little blue , how do you do
your smile looks like heaven
but your eyes hold a storm about to brew
little blue
how can a flower so pretty
be so laden down with dew
little blue

A G Bm G A

D A G
well bukowski wrote a story from a barstool
Bm G A
and keats from the top of a hill
Bm G A
so i’m going to save my special song for you
D A
from a grave where it’s quiet and it’s chill

A#6 Am
’cause there’s a queue of clouds assembled
A#6 Am
on the horizon of your smile
A#6 Am
when most think that you’re holding back
G A
i know you’re holding bile

little blue , how do you do
your smile looks like heaven
but your eyes hold a storm about to brew
little blue
how can a flower so pretty
be so laden down with dew
little blue

how can a flower so beautiful
be so laden down with dew
little blue