Blue Like Mars chords by Lloyd Cole

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
F#m      D                       A
Baby you know it's not about you
         E                    F#m
Orbiting as it is around you
            D                 A        E
Soon to be clear Beyond your domain
F#m        D                 A
Doesn't it stink to be human?
          E                 F#m
Fallible, weak. So tiresome
            D                       A
How could a god create a beast so low?
E

How should I know?


Chorus:
Bm       E                        Bm7   B
Baby you know it's not about you

Interlude:
F#m  D  A  E

Verse 2:
F#m        D                         A
All of the bars around the black holes
             E                     F#m
Teeming with freedmen and glorioles
            D                     A        E
Waiting for new stars to break on through
F#m         D                       A
Brokers and lawyers in the back rooms
            E                      F#m
Briefcases filled with profane sums
         D                         A
Cadillac waiting by the sub-space port
E
All aboard

Chorus:
Bm       E                        Bm7
Baby you know it's not about you
         E                        Bm7   B
Baby you know it's not about you

Solo:
A  E  D

Bridge:
           A  E
Neutron Star
          D
Beautiful remnant in the night sky
             A   E
Blue like Mars
          D
Blue like any other street light
                F#m   D
Afraid of the dark
               F#m    D
Afraid of nothing
                Bm   B
Afraid of the future
                F#m   D   A   E
When it's not about you

Solo:
F#m  D  A  E

Verse 3:
F#m       D                       A
Baby you know it's not about you
          E                   F#m
Orbiting as it is around you
            D                  A    E
Soon to be clear Beyond your domain
F#m          D                   A
Three volcanoes and a rose bush
            E                 F#m
Soon to be nothing, soon enough
          D                          A    E
Seven of diamonds to the eight of spades

Outro:
F#m  D  A  E