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Tangled Up In Blue by KT Tunstall
Tangled Up In Blue
Standard Tuning
Intro:
Guitar 1: Electric
Dsus4 Am7? G
E|---------------|}
B|----3-----1----|)
G|---2-2---2-2---|)
D|--0-----0------|)=Play throughout Intro/Verse, then G chord
A|---------------|)
E|---------------|)
Guitar 2: Acoustic
Verse 1:
D Dsus4
Early one morning the sun was shining
D Dsus4
I was layin’ in bed
D
Wonderin’ if she changed at all
G
If her hair still was red
D Dsus4
Her folks said our lives together
D Dsus4
Sure was gonna be rough
D Dsus4
They never did like momma’s homemade dress
G
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
***NOTE-one strum for each chord***
A Bm
And I was standing on the side of the road
D G
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
A Bm D G
Heading out for the east coast lord knows I’ve paid some dues
A
Getting through
G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Tangled up in blue
Verse 2:
She was married when we first meet
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam I guess
But I used a little too much force
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out West
Split it up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best
She turned around to look at me
As I was walking away
I heard her say over my shoulder
"We'll meet again someday on the avenue"
Tangled up in blue
Verse 3:
I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I happened to be employed
Working for a while on a fishing boat
Right outside of Delacroix
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind and I just grew
Tangled up in blue
Verse 4:
She was working in a topless place
And I stopped in for a beer
I just kept looking at her side of her face
In the spotlight so clear
And later on as the crowd thinned out
I's just about to do the same
She was standing there in back of my chair
Said to me "Don't I know your name ?"
I muttered something underneath my breath
She studied the lines on my face
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe
Tangled up in blue
Verse 5:
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
"I thought you'd never say hello" she said
"You look like the silent type"
Then she opened up a book of poems
And handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the thirteenth century
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burning coal
Pouring off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you
Tangled up in blue
Verse 6:
I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air
Then he started into dealing with slaves
And something inside of him died
She had to sell everything she owned
And froze up inside
And when finally the bottom fell out
I became withdrawn
The only thing I knew how to do
Was to keep on keeping on like a bird that flew
Tangled up in blue
Verse 7:
So now I'm going back again
I got to get her somehow
All the people we used to know
They're an illusion to me now
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenter's wives
Don't know how it all got started
I don't what they're doing with their lives
But me I'm still on the road
Heading for another joint
We always did feel the same
We just saw it from a different point of view
Tangled up in Blue
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
[Chords]
Cadd9 - 032030
[Intro]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
[a bunch of times]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Early one morning the sun was shining I was layin’ in bed
D Cadd9 G
Wonderin’ if she'd changed at all If her hair still was red
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Her folks said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough
D Cadd9 G
They never did like momma’s homemade dress Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
A Bm D G
And I was standing at the side of the road rain fallin’ on my shoes
A Bm D G
Headed out for the east coast lord knows I’ve paid some dues
A A7 Cadd9 G D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Getting through Tangled up in blue
[Verse 2]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
She was married when we first meet Soon to be divorced
D Cadd9 G
I helped her out of a jam I guess But I used a little too much force
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
We drove that car as far as we could and abandoned it out West
D Cadd9 G
Split up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best
A Bm D G
She turned around amd looked at me As I was walking away
A Bm D G
I heard her say over my shoulder We'll meet again someday
A A7 Cadd9 G D Cadd9 D Cadd9 Cadd9 D Cadd9
on the avenue Tangled up in blue
[Verse 3]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
And I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell
D Cadd9 G
But I never did like it all that much And one day the ax just fell
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
So I drifted down to New Orleans I was lucky 'nough to be employed
D Cadd9 G
Working for a while on a fishing boat Right out by the Delacroix
A Bm D G
But all the while I was alone The past was close behind
A Bm D G
I seen a lot of women but she never escaped my mind
A A7 Cadd9 G D Cadd9 D Cadd9 Cadd9 D Cadd9
And love just grew Tangled up in blue
[Verse 4]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
She was workin' in a topless place and I stopped in for a beer
D Cadd9 G
Couldn't stop lookin' at the side of her face in the spot-light so clear
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Later on when the crowd thinned out and I was 'bout to do the same
D Cadd9 D G
She camem up behind me in the back of my chair sayin' tell me don't I know your name
A Bm D G
I muttered something underneath my breath She studied the lines on my face
A Bm D G
Must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces
A A7 Cadd9 G D Cadd9 D Cadd9 Cadd9 D Cadd9
of my shoe Tangled up in blue
[Verse 5]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
D Cadd9 G
I thought you'd never say hello she said You look like the silent type
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me
D Cadd9 G
Written by an Italian poet In the thirteenth century
A Bm D G
And every one of them words rang true And burned like burning coal
A Bm D G
Pouring out of every page Like it was written in my soul
A A7 Cadd9 G D Cadd9 D Cadd9 Cadd9 D Cadd9
from me to you Tangled up in bl----ue yeaaah mama
[Verse 6]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
I lived with them on Montague Street In a basement down the stairs
D Cadd9 G
There was music in cafes at night And revolution in the air
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
But he got into dealing with slaves And something inside of him died
D Cadd9 G
She had to sell everything she owned And just froze up inside
A Bm D G
And then when the bottom fell out I became withdrawn
A Bm D G
The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keeping on
A A7 Cadd9 G D Cadd9 D Cadd9 Cadd9 D Cadd9
like a bird that flew Tangled up in bl---ue
[Verse 7]
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Oh, and now I'm going back again I got to get her somehow
D Cadd9 G
And all the people we knew back then, They're an illusion to me now
D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Some were mathematicians Some were carpenter's wives
D Cadd9 G
Don't know how it all got started I don't know what they're doing with their lives
A Bm D G
But me I'm still on the road Looking for another joint
A Bm D G
We always did feel the same We just saw it from a different point
A A7 Cadd9 G D Cadd9 D Cadd9
of view Tangled up in Bl---ue [assorted vocalizations]
[Outro]
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 D Cadd9
[a bunch of times]
A Bm D G G Cadd9 D
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