Thin Lizzy - Shades Of A Blue Orphanage

lovely song off thin lizzy’s second album , enjoy .

intro : | A |

verse :

A F#m
when we were kids he used to go over the back wall into old dan’s scrapyard ,
Bm F#m
into the snooker hall where most us kids were barred .
Bm F#m A
an’ into the roxy and the stella where film stars starred ,
E
that’s where me and hopalong and roy rogers got drunk and jarred .

A
and we might have been the saviour of the men ,
F#m
the captured captain in the devil’s demon den .
Bm F#m
and we might have been the magic politician in some kind of tricky position ,
Bm F#m
like an old , old , old master musician we kept on wishin’ .
A E
we was headed for the number one hit country again .

chorus :

A
and it’s true ,
Bm
true blue ,
E A
irish blue .
Bm
and it’s true ,
E
true blue ,
A F#m D
and sometimes it reminds me of you .

verse :

there’s an old photograph of dan that i wish you could – a seen ,
of him and the boys posed , standing in st . stephens green .
ya see , they were a part of the great freedom dream ,
but they were caught and detained and are locked inside the frame of the photograph .

and he might have been the clever con , the good samaritan , the rassclaut man ,
an’ he might have been the loaded gun , the charlatan of the tap dancin’ fan .
but like an old pioneer from outer afghanistan ,
headed for the number one hit country again .

chorus :

and it’s true ,
true blue ,
irish blue .
and it’s true ,
true blue ,
and sometimes it reminds me of you .

verse :

old dan in a raincoat hums the very , very , very special notes ,
of a long lost favorite melody .
it reminds him of a love affair when he was young and did not care ,
and how he parted so soft , so saddEn .

and he might have been the laughing cavaliero , the wise old cammanchero .
ooh the desperate desperado , the good looking randolph valentino ,
the gigolo from glasgow .
but like an old , old hunter of the female buffalo ,
he’s headed for the number one hit country again .

chorus :

A
and it’s true ,
Bm
true blue ,
E A D
irish blue .
Bm
and it’s true ,
E
true blue ,
A F#m D
and sometimes , sometimes it reminds me of you .

Bm
and it’s true ,
E
true blue ,
A F#m D
irish blue , true blue irish blue .
Bm
and it’s true , it’s so true ,
E
ummm it’s true ,
A F#m D
i swear i said , i swear i said , i swear , i said i swear it’s true .

Bm
and it’s true ,
E
true blue ,
A F#m D
irish blue .
Bm
and it’s true .

that’s it now , i could never find the chords for this online so it’s about time i
did it out . i hope you like it .

colinthelips

25/10/2012

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