A Brighter Shade Of Blue chords by Sleep On It

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G

Verse 1:
 G+G
Like flowers at your mother's wedding
        C majorC
The brighter shade of blue
 G+G                C majorC
I'm clutching to the way I felt about you
  G+G
Before the bags under my eyes
     C majorC
From tossing in my bed at night
 G+G      A minorAm   C majorC
Now I know I never really loved you

Instrumental Strumming:

 G+G C majorC G+G C majorC

Verse 2:
 G+G                      C majorC
Your parents tied a knot just like the one that's in my chest
 G+G                 C majorC
The home they built is broken from the silence
 G+G
You hold the past over your head
  C majorC
Drowning in your self regret
 G+G       A minorAm       C majorC
I'll never be enough for what you wanted


Chorus:
G+G      D MajorD        C majorC
I'll never know what's good for me
  G+G      D MajorD                                        --
So go ahead, tear me down
     G+G
'Cause I am weaker than I seem
   D MajorD         G+G               A minorAm
Yeah it's cool 'cause I can smile and pretend
       G+G
That you're not wasting space in my head


Verse 3:
 G+G                   C majorC
The record keeps on skipping all the songs you love the most
 G+G                 C majorC
You're everything I hate about the east coast
 G+G                 C majorC
You always said that I would be a warmth that you could hold
     G+G       A minorAm     C majorC
You are only just a blanket that always left my feet cold

Chorus:
E minorEm      D MajorD         C majorC   G+G
I'll never know what's good for me
       E minorEm   D MajorD
So go ahead, tear me down
          G+G   C majorC
'Cause I am weaker than I seem
 E minorEm     D MajorD         C majorC             G+G
Yeah it's cool 'cause I can smile and pretend
 A minorAm     E minorEm         C majorC
That you're not wasting space in my head


Bridge:
 A minorAm    G+G               D MajorD
Now I'm shaking, you're drying in the breEEeze
A minorAm     C majorC    G+G
I've been trying to wash the memories out of our sheets

Instrumental Strumming:

 G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC

Chorus:
 E minorEm     D MajorD          C majorC        G+G
I'll never know what's good for me
    E minorEm     D MajorD
So go ahead, tear me down
       G+G       C majorC
'Cause I am weaker than I seem
 E minorEm    D MajorD        C majorC      G+G
Yeah it's cool 'cause I can smile and pretend
 A minorAm       E minorEm      C majorC
That you're not wasting space in my head
A minorAm      E minorEm      C majorC
You're not a waste of space to me


Outro:
 G+G
Like flowers at your father's wedding
        C majorC
The brightest shade of blue
 G+G                C majorC