Brilliant Blue

Ab  Bbm  Db  Eb  Db Eb Ab

[Verse 1]
Ab
Spoke of motivation and
  Bbm
Attention that I could not stand
    Db             Eb
I'd dreamt of easy answers and
 Db       Eb    Ab
Abandoned everything
Ab
Said oh no, I hold them dear
Bbm
The things I left just to be here
     Db                Eb
Such sentiments, they stuck my ears
   Db     Eb     Ab
A taut and tinny ring

[Chorus]
    Db                       
But there I was, just sitting 
       Ab
in your room
 Bbm                Eb
Some boy you barely knew
            Db               
Cars passed by outside as the 
              Ab
conversation grew
                 Bbm        Eb
Somewhere out on Ditmas avenue (Ooh)

[Interlude]

Ab  Bbm  Db  Eb  Db Eb  Ab

[Verse 2]
  Ab
A snowy walk, you gave me gloves
Continues after the ad
Remove ads
  Bbm
I told you I believed in love
     Db                  Eb
It's something I've been thinking of
      Db           Eb        Ab
These weeks you've been away
Ab
Tried hard not to seek sublime
   Bbm
In dreams of the domestic kind
    Db              Eb
And sure we settled some in time
    Db     Eb      Ab
I'm glad I came to stay

[Chorus]
Db                              
Family's care, you take time to 
Ab
convey
        Bbm                      
We hung photos on the wall of all 
      Eb
our friends so far away
             Db                  
And said, "I hope you'll come and 
                 Ab
stay again some day"
Bbm                Eb
Yeah, we're always thinking of you 
(Ooh)

[Bridge]
           Ab                Bbm
And on the ninth time out of ten
    Eb            Ab
You just start to begin
           Ab                     
To let the light shine through in 
Bbm
brilliant blue
    Eb                Ab
And take a breath and then
Ab                Bbm
Circle 'round the sun
Eb           Ab
Open to what comes
       Ab                 Bbm
Sayin' I'm still me, I'll always be
    Eb                  Ab
But that don't mean I'm done

[Interlude]

Ab  Bbm  Db  Eb  Db Eb  Ab

[Verse 3]
Ab
Intimate and understood
    Bbm
The way we tell these tales feels 
good
   Db                 Eb
We wander through the neighborhood
     Db         Eb         Ab
Some night some other time
Ab
Boundaries once were laundry lists
     Bbm
That never captured quite the gist
    Db                    Eb
The boys we've kissed, consoled and 
missed
   Db    Eb     Ab
So tenderly remind

    Db                        
For now, I'm just not terribly 
      Ab
concerned
               Bbm         
Except for the essence left 
   Eb
unlearned
    Db                          
And now our footsteps toward the 
            Ab
house have turned
Bbm               Eb             Ab
Live oaks lean in early evening