Adding The Blue by Chrissie Hynde
Album: Stockholm
Track 11
2014
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
Am: x02210
F: x33211 or 133211
Em: x22000
To play without a capo replace the chords above by D, A, Bm, G & F#m
Intro: C G Am F
Verse:
C F
Everybody's asking where did you go ?
C
This was gonna be my masterpiece
C F
The paint's not even dry yet, oh no
Am
I could trace the outline of a shadow
Em
I need blood and breath
G
To mix my colours
Chorus:
C
Where did you go
G
After you promised me a portrait
Am F
Took off your clothes, held a pose
C G
Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
Am
And fingers and your lips
F
Broken nose
C G
On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
Am F
Please don't move, whatever you do
C
While I'm adding the blue
Verse:
C F
I know I'm not Monet or Van Gogh
C
I can't draw like S. Clay Wilson
C
You got inside this brush
F
That drips with red
Am
I can't draw from memories or photos
Em
I need blood and breath
G
But you left me nothing
Chorus:
C
Where did you go
G
After you promised me a portrait
Am F
Took off your clothes, held a pose
C G
Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
Am
And fingers and your lips
F
Broken nose
C G
On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
Am F
Please don't move, whatever you do
C
While I'm adding the blue
C G Am F
Bridge:
C
Closed this chapter yesterday
G Am
Take this page and throw it away
F
Fill the holes in, sand the wall
You were never here at all
C G
The warmth where someone never stood
Am
Promises were never good
F
The smell of human sweat and tears
A passing thought, the passing year, baby
Chorus:
C
Where did you go
G
After you promised me a portrait
Am F
Took off your clothes, held a pose
C G
Drawing your arms, your hands and veins
Am
And fingers and your lips
F
Broken nose
C G
On your eyes, so just stare into the distance
Am F
Please don't move, whatever you do
C
While I'm adding the blue
C G Am F x 3
