From: schnitzi@east.isx.com (Mark J. Schnitzius) Blue Chair from Blood and Chocolate tabbed by Mark Schnitzius (schnitzi@east.isx.com) corrections below by kevinmoore@cruz.com (Kevin Moore) and Stu Shea <stu@infochi.infochi.com> Here's my best stab at this song. Parts of it seem to be not quite right (especially the part where Elvis is stating whose turn it is to do what). Improvements are more than welcome. --Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro stays on D]

^D Now it's just you and me^G, my blue ^Dfriend ^D And you say that it's you that she's thinking of ^G And our af^F#7fair must end ^D But if it's you that she's thinking of ^G I think my broken heart might ^F#7mend

Now it's ^Gmy turn to ^F#mtalk and ^Emyour turn to ^Dthink ^GYour turn to ^Abuy and ^Dmy turn to ^Gdrink ^GYour turn to ^F#mcry and ^Emmy turn to ^Dsink ^G Down in the Blue^Em Chair ^G Down ^Ain the Blue ^DChair

Now I've made up my mind I've made my mistake And I know that she cries for you When she's barely awake Well she's going to bend your mind Well I hope it don't break [Repeat chorus]

Down in the Blue ^EmChair We can ^F#mwatch our ^Gtroubles rise Like ^F#msmoke into the ^Emair And drift ^Aup to the ^Dceiling Down in the Blue ^EmChair You can ^F#mfeel just like a ^Gboy or a ^F#mman And next ^Emminute you can ^Afind yourself ^Dkneeling Down in the Blue ^F#mChair They're ^G#mboasting of ^Aloving the ^G#mdaylights right ^F#mout of her ^G#min the small ^Bmhours Down in the Blue ^EmChair You ^F#msay that your ^Glove lasts for^F#mever when ^Emyou know the ^Gnight just ^Ahours ^A/G ^A/F#uh ho ho ^A/Eho ho ho

And still I want her right now Not any minute, hour or day And wherever she is tonight I want her anyway I suppose she never said to you, You were just in the way

^G Down ^Ain the Blue ^DChair ^G Down ^Ain the Blue ^DChair ^G Down ^Ain the Blue ^B7Chair

^Em Down^F#m in the blue ^G Blue bec^Bmomes you ^G Down ^Ain the Blue ^DChair

From: kevinmoore@cruz.com (Kevin Moore) This is definitely a challenging one: Here's what I got : > G F#m7 C/E D >Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think >G A A# aug Bmi >Your turn to buy and my turn to drink >G F#m7 C/E D >Your turn to cry and my turn to sink ... C/E would just be a normal C chord with an open E in the bass. (EC uses C/E a lot) The A# augmented chord is weird and has something else in it, possible an open E' My best guess for a fingering would be: E string: deadened A string: 1st finger on 1st fret D string: 4th finger on 4th fret G string: 2nd finger on 3rd fret B string: 3rd finger on 3rd fret E string: Open I don't know, though-I've never seen Elvis live-sigh-I have a laser disc of The Juliet Letters, but of course he doesn't play guitar on that one. The bridge is also strange-you have the right bassline: E F# G F# E (B) A D, but I think the chord just stays on Emi, although some instrument other than the guitar keeps hinting at D#'s [The early 70's dylan inflections are beautiful in this section] The second part of the bridge (boasting of loving the daylights...) sounds like the first part transposed up a whole step, so F#mi, F#mi/G#, F#mi/A, etc. Then back to the Emi and then when he says "you know the night just hours" [what does he mean by that'] the bass goes: E and then in 8th notes: F# G F# G, still all against some kind of Emi. I'm just playing the bass line and plucking the G B and E strings open for the E mi On the F#mi part, I'm barring the 2nd fret to get the 3 highest strings and then playing the bassline on the low string. Your descending bassline coming down against the A chord is right, as is the rest of the transcription. I hope my carriage returns aren't coming out weird. Let me know. Now I've got to go buy the CD to hear it better. I was going to wait for the box set reissues to get to this album. Does anyone know when the next box set is due to be released' From: Stu Shea <stu@infochi.infochi.com> On Mon, 22 Aug 1994, Mark J. Schnitzius wrote: > > Here's my best stab at this song. Parts of it seem to be not quite > right (especially the part where Elvis is stating whose turn it is > to do what). Improvements are more than welcome. --Mark Looks good to me except that the chorus might be a bit different: > > G F#m Em D > Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think > G A D G > Your turn to buy and my turn to drink > G F#m Em D > Your turn to cry and my turn to sink > G Em

Now it's ^Gmy turn to t^F#malk and yo^Emur turn to t^Dhink Yo^Gur turn to b^Auy and ^Bbmmy turn to d^Bmrink Yo^Gur turn to c^F#mry and m^Cy turn to s^Bmink

blah blah Or something like that. Stuart Shea

Elvis Costello - Blue chair