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BLUE BOY - Vincent Vincent and the Villains
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Album: Gospel Bombs
Tabbed by: Jon C
Tuning: Standard EADGbe
Intro riff x2
e|--x-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--x-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--x-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--x---------------------------------------3-0-------------------------|
A|--x------------3--3-3--5--5-5--3--3-3---3-----3-1-0-------------------|
E|--x----1--1-1---------------------------------------3-1-1--0-1-1------|
* Repeatedely strum muted strings
Chords used
F F7 Dm C
e|---1--1--1------------|
B|---1--3--3---5--------|
G|---2--2--2---5--------|
D|---3--0--0---5--------|
A|---3--3------3--------|
E|---1--1---------------|
Basic strumming pattern - alternate between F and F7
F F7 F
e|---1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
B|---1-1-3-3-1-1-----|
G|---2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
D|---3-3-0-0-3-3-----|
A|---3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
E|---1-1-1-1-1-1-----| etc...
1 2 3 & 4 &
Riff x2
Blue blue blue blue boy
Blue blue blue blue boy
F/F7 riff Dm F/F7
Blue, blue blue boy (blue blue blue blue boy)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/vincent_vincent_and_the_villains/blue_boy_tab.html ]
F/F7 Dm
Blue, blue blue Boy (blue blue blue blue boy)
F/F7
You always looked so down,
Dm F/F7
It's much harder than you thought finding love in this town,
So full of ambition,
Dm
but you struggle under the weight of your inhibitions.
Dm
You don't want sympathy,
C F
It's not the way it's meant to be,
Leaving all those parties cold and alone,
No girl to call you on the telephone.
F/F7
Oh blue boy, I was once like you.
And I sung
Blue, blue blue boy (blue blue blue blue boy)
F Dm
Blue, blue blue boy (blue blue blue blue boy)
Solo
e|--8-8--8--8--8--8--sim-----|
B|--8h10-10-10-10-8----------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Dm
So many false starts,
F
So many broken hearts,
Blue boy stay strong your true love will come along,
C
Coz you deserve it,
And you know it will be worth it,
and you'll no longer be a...
F/F7 Dm
Blue, blue blue boy (blue blue blue blue boy)
F/F7 Dm
Blue, blue blue boy (blue blue blue blue boy)
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