Tangled Up In Blue Live chords by Indigo Girls

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G


Verse 1:
G+G           Fmaj7Fmaj7
Early one mornin' the sun was shinin',
G+G        Fmaj7Fmaj7
I was layin' in bed
G+G         Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wonderin' if she'd changed at all
    C majorC
If her hair was still red.
G+G            Fmaj7Fmaj7
Her folks they said our lives together
G+G         Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sure was gonna be rough
G+G             Fmaj7Fmaj7
They never did like Mama's homemade dress
    C majorC
Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.

Chorus:
D MajorD             E minorEm
Me, I was standin' on the side of the road
G+G         C majorC
Rain fallin' on my shoes
D MajorD          E minorEm
Headin' out for the East Coast
   G+G          C majorC      D MajorD
Lord knows I've paid some dues gettin' through,
Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC   G+G  Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G
Tangled up in blue.


Verse 2:
G+G          Fmaj7Fmaj7
She was married when we first met
G+G      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Soon to be divorced
G+G           Fmaj7Fmaj7
I helped her out of a jam, I guess,
   C majorC
But I used a little too much force.
  G+G         Fmaj7Fmaj7
We drove that car as far as we could
 G+G        Fmaj7Fmaj7
Abandoned it out West
G+G         Fmaj7Fmaj7
Split up on a sad dark night
   C majorC
Both agreeing it is best.

Chorus:
D MajorD          E minorEm
She turned around to look at me
  G+G       C majorC
As I was walkin' away
 D MajorD           E minorEm
I heard her say over my shoulder,
   G+G       C majorC       D MajorD
We'll meet again someday on the avenue
Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC   G+G  Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G
Tangled up in blue.


Verse 3:
G+G          Fmaj7Fmaj7
I was livin' in the great north woods
G+G            Fmaj7Fmaj7
Working as a cook for a spell
G+G            Fmaj7Fmaj7
But I never did like it all that much
    C majorC
And one day the axe just fell
   G+G        Fmaj7Fmaj7
So I drifted down to New Orleans
    G+G        Fmaj7Fmaj7
Where I happened to be employed
G+G            Fmaj7Fmaj7
Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat
     C majorC
Right outside of Delacroix.


Chorus:
D MajorD          E minorEm
But all the while I was alone
  G+G        C majorC
The past was close behind,
 D MajorD         E minorEm
I seen a lot of women
    G+G        C majorC        D MajorD
But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC   G+G  Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G
Tangled up in blue.


Verse 4:
G+G          Fmaj7Fmaj7
She was workin' in a topless place
  G+G         Fmaj7Fmaj7
And I stopped in for a beer,
 G+G            Fmaj7Fmaj7
I just kept lookin' at the side of her face
    C majorC
In the spotlight so clear.
  G+G        Fmaj7Fmaj7
And later on as the crowd thinned out
     G+G          Fmaj7Fmaj7
And I was just about to do the same,
    G+G         Fmaj7Fmaj7
She was standing there in back of my chair
      C majorC
She said; "Don't I know your name?"


Chorus:
 D MajorD            E minorEm
I muttered somethin' underneath my breath,
  G+G            C majorC
She studied the lines on my face.
 D MajorD          E minorEm
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
     G+G          C majorC      D MajorD
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes
Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC   G+G  Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G
Tangled up in blue.    I know.. I know.. I know..


Instrumental:
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  C majorC
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  C majorC
D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G  Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G


Verse 5:
G+G        Fmaj7Fmaj7
She lit a burner on the stove
  G+G       Fmaj7Fmaj7
and offered me a pipe
G+G           Fmaj7Fmaj7
"I thought you'd never say hello," she said
   C majorC
"You look like the silent type."
     G+G          Fmaj7Fmaj7
Then she opened up a book of poems
  G+G       Fmaj7Fmaj7
And handed it to me
G+G           Fmaj7Fmaj7
Written by an Italian poet
     C majorC
From the thirteenth century.


Chorus:
  D MajorD         E minorEm
And every one of them words rang true
  G+G          C majorC
And glowed like burnin' coal
D MajorD        E minorEm
Pourin' off of every page
      G+G       C majorC        D MajorD
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,
Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC   G+G  Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G
Tangled up in blue.


Instrumental:
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  C majorC
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  C majorC
D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G5G5  G5G5  G5G5


Verse 6:
G5G5          C5C5
 I lived with them on Montague Street
G5G5           C5C5
 In a basement down the stairs,
G5G5             C5C5
 There was music in the cafes at night
  D5D5
And revolution in the air.
G5G5          C5C5
 Then he started into dealing with slaves
G5G5               C5C5
 And something inside of him died.
  G5G5        C5C5
She had to sell everything she owned
  G5G5      C5C5
And froze... up inside.


Chorus:
D MajorD          E minorEm
And when finally the bottom fell out
G+G       C majorC
 I became withdrawn,
D MajorD               E minorEm
 The only thing I knew how to do
    G+G        C majorC          D MajorD
Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew,
Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC   G+G   N.C.
Tangled up in blue... ohhh.. yeah..


Interlude:
G+G Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G


Verse 7:
G+G            Fmaj7Fmaj7
 So now I'm goin' back again,
     G+G       Fmaj7Fmaj7
I got to get to her somehow.
G+G         Fmaj7Fmaj7
All the people we used to know
      C majorC
They're an illusion to me now.
G+G        Fmaj7Fmaj7
Some are mathematicians
G+G          Fmaj7Fmaj7
Some are carpenter's wives.
   G+G           Fmaj7Fmaj7
Don't know how they all got started,
    C majorC
I don't know what they're doin' with their lives.


Chorus:
D MajorD         E minorEm
But me, I'm still on the road
G+G          C majorC
Headin' for another joint
D MajorD       E minorEm
We always did feel the same,
    G+G            C majorC    D MajorD
We just saw it from a different point of view,
Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC   G+G  Am7/GAm7/G G+G Am7/GAm7/G
Tangled up in blue.    I know.. I know.. I know..


Outro:
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  C majorC
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7
G+G  Fmaj7Fmaj7  C majorC  C majorC
D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  C majorC
D MajorD  E minorEm  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC G+G