(Nina Gordon)
From the album 'Bleeding Heart Graffiti' by Nina Gordon
Transcription by Phil Gardner
Intro: Fm-Eb-Ab (x4)
Ab Eb Bbm Ab Eb
Once in a while you ask for a smile, what am I going to say?
Ab Eb Bbm Ab Eb Bbm
'Cause my tears are real, I like how they feel, I like how they carry me away,
Ab Eb Bbm Ab Eb
Baby I'm warning you, I'm happiest when I'm blue.
Cm Eb Db Ab Cm Eb Db Ab
Now I'm bleeding like watercolors, keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens,
Cm Eb Db Ab Cm Bbm Eb
Keep on running like watercolors, lead me back to the sea.
Ab Eb Bbm Ab Eb
I'm just a fool, I talk out of school, I do things I should not do,
Ab Eb Bbm Ab Eb Bbm
But I'm not ashamed, it's the way that I'm made, I'm sorry but I'll never change for you,
Ab Eb Bbm Ab Eb
At least I can tell the truth, that I'm happiest when I'm blue.
Cm Eb Db Ab Cm Eb Db Ab
Now I'm bleeding like watercolors, keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens,
Cm Eb Db Ab Cm Bbm Eb
Keep on running like watercolors, lead me back to the sea.
Fm Eb Ab Fm Eb Ab
Nightshade and Opaline, blackbirds and faded dreams,
Db Ab Eb Db Ab Eb
And I'm falling, falling down, I keep falling, falling down.
Guitar Solo: Ab-Eb-Bbm-Ab-Eb (x2) Bbm
Ab Eb Bbm Ab Eb Bbm
Baby I'm warning you, I'm happiest when I'm blue, when I'm blue.
Cm Eb Db Ab Cm Eb Db Ab
Now I'm bleeding like watercolors, keep me dreaming in pale blues and greens,
Cm Eb Db Ab Cm Eb Db Ab
Keep on running like watercolors, wide and open and blue like the sea,
Cm Eb Db Ab Cm Eb Db Ab
Always running like watercolors, ocean colors that bleed for me,
Cm Eb Db Ab Cm Bbm Eb
Keep on running like watercolors, lead me back to the sea,
Cm Bbm Eb
Just lead me back to the sea.
