Artist: Elvis Costello
Song: Almost blue
Composer: Elvis Costello
Album: Imperial bedroom
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
12th April 2013
Am = xx7555 E7 = 020100 A = x02220
AmM7/G# = xx6555 Bm7-5 = x20201 A/G = 302220
Am7/G = xx5555 E = 022100 Dm = xx0231
Am/F# = 202210 C = x32010 Dm/C = x30231
Dm9/F = 100210 Adim = x01212 B7/D# = xx1202
Eaug = 032110 Bb6 = x13333 C#dim = xx2323
F = 133211 Am9 = x07500
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[Intro]
Am AmM7/G# Am7/G Am/F# Dm9/F Eaug E7
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[Verse 1]
Am AmM7/G# Am7/G
Al - most--- blue,
Bm7b5 E7 Am AmM7/G# Am7/G
Almost doing things we ...used to----- do,
Bm7-5 C F E Dm
There's a girl here, and she's ...almost you, ...al - most!
[Verse 2]
Am Bm7-5 Adim Bm7-5 C Bb6 A
All the things that your eyes once promised, I see in hers too,
A/G Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Eaug Am B7/D# Am
Now your eyes are red ...from cry - ing, al - most blue!
[Bridge]
F Bm7-5 C C#dim
Flirting with this disaster be - came me,
Dm Bm7-5 F E7
It named me as the fool who only aimed to be...
[Verse 3]
Am AmM7/G# Am7/G Bm7-5
Al - most--- blue, it's almost touching,
E7 Am AmM7/G# Am7/G
It will ...al - most--- do,
Bm7-5 C F E Dm
There's a part of me that's ...always true ...al - ways!
[Verse 4]
Am Bm7-5 Adim Bm7-5
Not all good things come to an end,
C Bb6 A
Now it is ...only ...a chosen few,
A/G Dm Dm/C Bm7-5 Eaug
I have seen such an un - happy cou - ple,
Am Bm7-5 Am9
Almost me, ...almost you, ...almost blue-----!
