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Latest revision as of 04:05, 15 February 2023
Now it's just you and me, my blue friend
And you say that it's you that she's thinking of
And our affair must end
But if it's you that she's thinking of
I think my broken heart might mend
Chorus:
Now it's my turn to talk and your turn to think
Your turn to buy and my turn to drink
Your turn to cry and my turn to sink down in the blue chair
Down in the blue chair
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
But she's going to bend your mind
Well, I hope it don't break
(Chorus)
Down in the blue chair
We can watch our troubles rise
Like smoke into the air
And drift up to the ceiling
Down in the blue chair
You can feel just like a boy or a man
And next minute you can find yourself kneeling
Down in the blue chair
They're boasting of loving the daylights right out of her in the small hours
Down in the blue chair
You say that your love lasts forever when you know the night is just hours
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
(Chorus)
Down in the blue chair
Down in the blue chair
Down in the blue chair
Down in the blue chair
Down in the blue chair
Down in the blue
Blue becomes you
Down in the blue chair
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Blue Chair (Single Version) |
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Performed by | Elvis Costello (credit on sleeve) The Costello Show (credit on label) |
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Produced by | The Coward Brothers ("A Coward Brothers Production") |
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Recorded by | Henry Coward & Larry Hirsch |
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Mixed by | Howard Coward & Colin Fairley |
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Musicians | Elvis Costello - vocals, acoustic guitar T-Bone Wolk - electric guitar, bass Mitchell Froom - organ Mickey Curry - drums |
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Recorded | ca. August-September 1985, Ocean Way, Hollywood Vocal re-recorded January 1987, Eden Studios, London |
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Released | January 1987 |
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Albums | Blood & Chocolate (Rykodisc/Demon edition), 1995 Blood & Chocolate (Rhino/Edsel edition), 2002 |
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Singles | Blue Chair, 1987 |
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Collections | Out Of Our Idiot, 1987 Singles, Volume 3, 2003 |
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Length | 3:38 |
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Covers
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Mason Hoffman
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performed live, Costello Tribute, 2017-03-16 Harlow's, Sacramento, CA
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2017
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YouTube
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TypeCast
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performed live, 1998, Santpoort-Zuid, Netherlands
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1998
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website
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Chords
From: Gary O'Neill
drop d tuning
intro: D a_b....
D| Now it's just you and me, G| my blue D| friend
D| And you say that it's you that she's thinking of
G| And our F#7| affair must end
D| But if it's you that she's thinking of
G|I think my broken heart might F#7| mend
Now it's G| my turn to F#m| talk and C| your turn to D| think
G| Your turn to A| buy and Bbm| my turn to Bm| drink
G| Your turn to F#m| cry and G| my turn to D| sink G| Down in the Blue Em| Chair
G| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair
D Now I've made up my mind G I've made my D mistake
D And I know that she cries for you
G When she's barely F#7 awake
D Well she's going to bend your mind
G Well I hope it don't F#7 break
Now it's my turn ....
Down in the Blue Em| Chair
We can F#m| watch our G| troubles rise like
F#m| smoke into the Em| air
And Em drift Ebm| up to the D| ceiling
Down in the Blue Em| Chair
You can Em| feel just F#m like a G| boy or a F#m| man
And next Em| minute you can Ebm| find yourself D| kneeling
Down in the Blue F#m| Chair
They're F#m| boasting G#m of A| loving the G#m| daylights
right F#m| out of her G#m| in the small Bm| hours
Down in the Blue Em| Chair
You Em| say F#m that your G| love lasts F#m| forever
when Em| you know the G| night just A| hours
A/G A/F#| uh ho ho A/E| ho ho ho
D And still I want her right now
G Not any minute, hour or D day
D And wherever she is tonight G I want her F#7 anyway
D I suppose she never said to you,
G You were just in the F#7 way
Now it's my turn....
Em| Down in the Blue D| Chair
Bb| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair
G| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair
G| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair
G| Down A| in the Blue B7| Chair
Em| Down F#m| in the blue G| Blue Bm| becomes you
G| Down A| in the Blue D| Chair
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