The Blues Are Still Blue Belle and Sebastian tuning: standard B F# C# E|---------------|---------------|---------------| B|---------------|---------------|---------------| G|---------------|---------------|---------------| D|--4-4-6-4-6-4--|---------------|---6-6-8-6-8-6-| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2--|-4-4-6-4-6-4---|---4-4-4-4-4-4-| E|---------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---------------| Intro: B F# B F# (2x) B F# Look at the kid from school B F# He’s teaching mamas and papas how to be a little cool B F# He’s changing fashion, the way he dress B F# The tracksuits are old, and the hoody’s way too moody Eb Bb For a kid with the will to funk B F# C# He dances in secret; he’s a part-time punk B F# She’s getting off the plane B F# She wants to write a thesis on the population underprivileged B F# The kids fighting up the lane B Shop lifting, just drifting F# Like The Switchblade And The Cross Eb Bb But if there’s trouble she’s got the moves B F# C# She’s taking an elementary class in Kung fu B F# I left my washing in the launderette B F# You can put some money on it, you can place a little bet B That when I see my washing Eb Bb B F# The black will be grey and the white will be grey C# But the blues are still blue B F# I’m crying out for my mum B F# If the malady don’t go away we’re in a little trouble B F# With the boss of the company B F# I’m a singer, a swinger I’m a layabout but laying on Eb Bb The dock in the lazy sun B F# C# Will never quite relegate me to a bum B F# I left my lady in the launderette B F# You can put some money on it, you can place a little bet B That when I see my lady Eb Bb B F# The black will be white and the white will be black C# But the blues are still blue Base do solo: B - C# B - F# - B - F# - B Eb - Bb - B - F# - C# B F# Baby, I love your face B I’ve been creeping round this town because… F# Well, creeping’s just my way B F# But with a little wink I’ll be there B F# I’ll be excited for a week, but then excitement starts to fade Eb Bb I know your young, but you’re out of touch B F# C# You’re French, your vocabulary’s not quite formed B F# I left my homework in the launderette B F# I got a letter from my mamma which my stoopid dog has ate B I hid behind the fence Eb Bb B F# Here comes the deputy head with the bark of a bulldog C# He’s not making much sense B F# I left my lady in the launderette B F# You can put some money on it, you can place a little bet B That when I see my lady Eb Bb B F# The black will be white and the white will be black C# But the blues are still blue