Blue Chair - Elvis Costello & The Attractions

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[Verse 1]
             
Now it's just 

             
you and me, my

         
 blue friend

And you say th

at it's you th

at she's think

ing of
          
And our affair

 must end

But if it's yo

u that she's t

hinking of
             
I think my bro

              
ken heart migh

  
t mend


[Chorus]
             
When it's my t

             
urn to talk, y

          
our turn to th

ink
             
Your turn to b

           
uy, my turn to

  
 drink
             
Your turn to c

           
ry and my turn

    
 to sink
             
Down in the bl

    
ue chair
            
Down in the bl

     
ue chair


[Verse 2]
             
Now I've made 

             
up my mind, I'

              
ve made my mis

 
take

And I know tha

t she cries fo

r you
             
When she's bar

     
ely awake

Well she's goi

ng to bend you

r mind
             
Well I hope it

        
 don't break


[Chorus]
             
Now it's my tu

            
rn to talk, yo

          
ur turn to thi

nk
             
Your turn to b

           
uy, my turn to

  
 drink
             
Your turn to c

           
ry and my turn

    
 to sink
             
Down in the bl

     
ue chair
            
Down in the bl

     
ue chair


[Bridge]
              
Down in the bl

    
ue chair
        
We can watch o

    
ur troubles ri

se
        
Like smoke int

      
o the air
          
And drift up t

     
o the ceiling
              
Down in the bl

    
ue chair
         
You can feel j

          
ust like a boy

         
 or a man
            
And next minut

          
e you can find

         
 yourself knee

ling
              
Down in the bl

    
ue chair

They're boasting of loving the daylights
              
Right out of h

              
er in the smal

  
l hours
              
Down in the bl

    
ue chair
        
You say that y

           
our love lasts

   
 forever
            
When you know 

        
the night is j

        
ust hours
       
Oh oh oh oh oh

[Verse 3]

And still I wa

nt her right n

ow
             
Not any minute

 (    (   
, hour or day
 
And wherever s

he is tonight
           
I want her any


way

I suppose she 

never said to 

you
             
You were just 

 
in the way


[Chorus]
             
Now it's my tu

           
rn to talk, yo

          
ur turn to thi

nk
             
Your turn to b

           
uy, my turn to

  
 drink
             
Your turn to c

           
ry and my turn

    
 to sink
             
Down in the bl

    
ue chair
            
Down in the bl

    
ue chair


[Outro]
            
Down in the bl

   
ue chair
           
Down in the bl

    
ue chair
            
Down in the bl

    
ue chair
            
Down in the bl

    
ue chair
            
Down in the bl

   
ue chair
   
Down in the bl

ue
        
Blue becomes y

ou
           
Down in the Bl

    
ue Chair

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