Blue Sunny tab by Jonathan Coulton

Tabs

When Jonathan Coulton debuted this song at a concert in Chicago, he told the
audience he wanted to make a happy song, so he thought he'd make it about sunshine
and blue skies and call it "Blue Sunny Day". But then he noticed that the word
"blue" could have another meaning...

He wondered who would be "blue" about a sunny day. Vampires, of course, but then
he thought, no. What's more obvious than Jonathan Coulton writing another song
about a sad and/or lonely monster?

But then he was just like, "nah, it's totally a vampire".



Capo 2

G13G13 Chord Figure

---0-----------------
----3-0---------------
0-2---2----------------
3-3---3----------------
x-x---x----------------
3-3---3----------------

A augmentedA    x02220
G/BG/B   x20000
C majorC    x32010
G+G    3x0033
A minorAm    x02210
E MajorE    022100
F/CF/C   x33211
Bm7b5 Bm7b5  x23231 (thumb on A augmentedA string) or x20231 or x2323x
A augmentedA    x02220
Bm/ABm/A   x04430
A augmentedA  x06650
D/AD/A   x07770
Dm7Dm7   xx0211
C(alt)  x32013
Dm7(alt) xx0565
Amaj7Amaj7  x02120
A7sus2  x05450
D MajorD    xx0232
Am7Am7   x02010
D9D9    xx0210
D7D7    xx0212
B7B7    x21202
Cadd9Cadd9  x3203x
Bm11b5  x23230

G/BG/B (Lead In)

G+G
Early light that burns my eyes,
 E MajorE
A augmentedA minute more the sun will rise
  G13G13 (Figure)
And paint the bright blue sky with yellow gold
G+G
I'll be dead asleep by then,
E MajorE
Shut up in this box again
 Bm7b5 Bm7b5  E MajorE
Until it's gone
Bm7b5 Bm7b5  E MajorE
Outside I can hear it
D/AD/A
Birds are singing, bees are buzzing, sun shines overhead
G/BG/B
I'd be there to see it but I can't get out of bed
Dm7(alt)
Since the day you left the weather always feels this way
     D MajorD Bm7b5 Bm7b5
One more blue sunny day

Verse 2

G/BG/B (Lead In)

G+G
Looking for an easy mark
 E MajorE
I hit the Denny's after dark
  G13(Figure)
To take a lonely waitress home to drink,
G+G
She's sincere, but halfway through
 E MajorE
I find I'm wishing she was you
  Bm7b5 Bm7b5   E MajorE
My blood goes cold
 Bm7b5 Bm7b5   E MajorE
I guess this date is over
D/AD/A
Several hours later I'm the only one awake
G/BG/B (Lead In)
All these streets are empty, it's just me and my mistake
Dm7(alt)
One by one the stars go out as black sky turns to gray
     D MajorD Bm7b5 Bm7b5
One more blue sunny day

Bridge

Bm7b5 Bm7b5           Amaj7Amaj7
Sometimes I see how long I can wait
D9D9
Tempting disaster by my garden gate
Bm7b5 Bm7b5          Amaj7Amaj7
My trembling hand on the cellar door
E MajorE
Trying not to think of what it is I'm waiting for

Interlude

|E MajorE |

|G/BG/B (Lead In) |

Verse 3

G+G
All at once I've had enough
  E MajorE
As if I'm made of sterner stuff
 G13G13 (figure)
I take a breath and open up the door
G+G
Dawn breaks hard and falls on me
  E MajorE
For just one moment I can see
  Bm7b5 Bm7b5   E MajorE
The pale blue sky
 Bm7b5 Bm7b5  E MajorE
I close my eyes because
  D/AD/A
The world's so bright and beautiful I have to look away
G/BG/B (Lead In)
Braced against the beauty of another perfect day
Dm7(alt)
As I go to pieces and the breeze blows me away
     D MajorD Bm11b5
One more blue sunny day

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