Tangled Up In Blue chords by Indigo Girls

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Indigo Girls : Tangled up in Blue - Live



Intro:
G  Am7/G  G  Am7/G  G  Am7/G  G  Am7/G


Verse 1:
G                     Fmaj7
Early one mornin' the sun was shinin',
G               Fmaj7
I was layin' in bed
G                  Fmaj7
Wonderin' if she'd changed at all
       C
If her hair was still red.
G                       Fmaj7
Her folks they said our lives together
G                 Fmaj7
Sure was gonna be rough
G                          Fmaj7
They never did like Mama's homemade dress
       C
Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.

Chorus:
D                         Em
Me, I was standin' on the side of the road
G                  C
Rain fallin' on my shoes
D                   Em
Headin' out for the East Coast
     G                    C            D
Lord knows I've paid some dues gettin' through,
Fmaj7   C     G    Am7/G  G  Am7/G
Tangled up in blue.


Verse 2:
G                    Fmaj7
She was married when we first met
G            Fmaj7
Soon to be divorced
G                     Fmaj7
I helped her out of a jam, I guess,
      C
But I used a little too much force.
   G                 Fmaj7
We drove that car as far as we could
 G               Fmaj7
Abandoned it out West
G                 Fmaj7
Split up on a sad dark night
      C
Both agreeing it is best.


Chorus:
D                    Em
She turned around to look at me
   G              C
As I was walkin' away
  D                     Em
I heard her say over my shoulder,
      G              C             D
We'll meet again someday on the avenue
Fmaj7   C     G    Am7/G  G  Am7/G
Tangled up in blue.


Verse 3:
G                   Fmaj7
I was livin' in the great north woods
G                       Fmaj7
Working as a cook for a spell
G                       Fmaj7
But I never did like it all that much
        C
And one day the axe just fell
     G               Fmaj7
So I drifted down to New Orleans
        G                Fmaj7
Where I happened to be employed
G                        Fmaj7
Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat
         C
Right outside of Delacroix.


Chorus:
D                   Em
But all the while I was alone
    G                C
The past was close behind,
  D                 Em
I seen a lot of women
        G                C                D
But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
Fmaj7   C     G    Am7/G  G  Am7/G
Tangled up in blue.


Verse 4:
G                    Fmaj7
She was workin' in a topless place
    G                  Fmaj7
And I stopped in for a beer,
  G                        Fmaj7
I just kept lookin' at the side of her face
       C
In the spotlight so clear.
    G               Fmaj7
And later on as the crowd thinned out
          G                    Fmaj7
And I was just about to do the same,
        G                 Fmaj7
She was standing there in back of my chair
           C
She said; "Don't I know your name?"


Chorus:
  D                       Em
I muttered somethin' underneath my breath,
    G                       C
She studied the lines on my face.
  D                   Em
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
         G                    C           D
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes
Fmaj7   C     G    Am7/G  G  Am7/G
Tangled up in blue.        I know.. I know.. I know..


Instrumental:
G   Fmaj7   G   Fmaj7
G   Fmaj7   C   C
G   Fmaj7   G   Fmaj7
G   Fmaj7   C   C
D   Em   G   C
D   Em   G   C   D
Fmaj7  C  G   Am7/G  G  Am7/G


Verse 5:
G                Fmaj7
She lit a burner on the stove
    G              Fmaj7
and offered me a pipe
G                      Fmaj7
"I thought you'd never say hello," she said
     C
"You look like the silent type."
         G                   Fmaj7
Then she opened up a book of poems
    G              Fmaj7
And handed it to me
G                     Fmaj7
Written by an Italian poet
         C
From the thirteenth century.


Chorus:
    D                 Em
And every one of them words rang true
    G                   C
And glowed like burnin' coal
D               Em
Pourin' off of every page
            G             C               D
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,
Fmaj7   C     G    Am7/G  G  Am7/G
Tangled up in blue.


Instrumental:
G   Fmaj7   G   Fmaj7
G   Fmaj7   C   C
G   Fmaj7   G   Fmaj7
G   Fmaj7   C   C
D   Em   G   C
D   Em   G   C   D
Fmaj7  C  G5   G5   G5


Verse 6:
G5                    C5
 I lived with them on Montague Street
G5                      C5
 In a basement down the stairs,
G5                          C5
 There was music in the cafes at night
    D5
And revolution in the air.
G5                    C5
 Then he started into dealing with slaves
G5                              C5
 And something inside of him died.
    G5               C5
She had to sell everything she owned
    G5            C5
And froze... up inside.


Chorus:
D                    Em
And when finally the bottom fell out
G             C
 I became withdrawn,
D                             Em
 The only thing I knew how to do
       G               C                   D
Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew,
Fmaj7   C     G      N.C.
Tangled up in blue...  ohhh..  yeah..


Interlude:
G  Am7/G  G  Am7/G  G  Am7/G  G  Am7/G


Verse 7:
G                       Fmaj7
 So now I'm goin' back again,
         G              Fmaj7
I got to get to her somehow.
G                 Fmaj7
All the people we used to know
           C
They're an illusion to me now.
G               Fmaj7
Some are mathematicians
G                    Fmaj7
Some are carpenter's wives.
      G                     Fmaj7
Don't know how they all got started,
        C
I don't know what they're doin' with their lives.


Chorus:
D                 Em
But me, I'm still on the road
G                   C
Headin' for another joint
D             Em
We always did feel the same,
        G                       C        D
We just saw it from a different point of view,
Fmaj7   C     G    Am7/G  G  Am7/G
Tangled up in blue.        I know.. I know.. I know..


Outro:
G   Fmaj7   G   Fmaj7
G   Fmaj7   C   C
G   Fmaj7   G   Fmaj7
G   Fmaj7   C   C
D   Em   G   C
D   Em   G   C   D
Fmaj7  C  G