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    Gm     FSee a black Eldorado
COh, rolling along down below my window
DThat black girl in the back looks pretty good
Christ! She's bCeautiful
You know how soft she isF  G  
Just what you feel likeC  
NC
Oh, I'm so far away from her
Jesus this is Iggy
CYou, you migDht as well come Gwith me,
GWhen you ride the ride
There's talk and I don't wDanna talkG  
Oh mCamma, I shot myself doDwn  [xG4]
They're sBbtepping on our hearts
Stepping on our hearts
FI don't know whFmy they're stepping on our heartEbsEbm  
Damn, I don't know why
BbStepping on our heartCms [Fx5]
EbCan't you see, oh no, Stepping on our heartBbs
CHow come the blacks, how come they Dcopy you so good?G  
GThey get off on you, so ?
     CIf you wanna make itD  
DYoung man you gotta make somebody comeG  
Come out of your black [x2] and strong
CBlack! Strong! BlaDck!
GJesus it's cold in this room, it's really cold
GYou know I never told you about this, but there's one guy
CSomebody I really love, he's never around
DWell he was taking things that could be alright, that could be nice
And make him ugly, so damn ugly
GAnd we put out the lights on them 
Yeah, we'd make it dark, we put out the lights....on tBbhem
It's idiots like you that screw me up
FI know there's nothing to youFm  
CAnd I don't know why I treat you so kind
DCome down and dance with me, dance with me
CYou got nobody left but me
Oh Faccept me, don't reGject me, don't foCrget meDm  G  
CMamma, what colour will the lightDms beG? Will they turn blue on me? [x2]
C             Dm (until end)
Mamma, I shot myself up, woh mamma, I shot myself up, up, up, mamma
Up down, up down mamma
Oh oh oh oh oh mamma
I didn't know what I was doing, I didn't mean to, but I did it, I shot myself up
Mamma I shot myself!

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Turn Blue

by Iggy Pop

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Ebm

Gm F

See a black Eldorado

Oh, rolling along down below my window

That black girl in the back looks pretty good

Christ! She's beautiful

F G

You know how soft she is

Just what you feel like

Oh, I'm so far away from her

Jesus this is Iggy

C D G

You, you might as well come with me,

When you ride the ride

D G

There's talk and I don't wanna talk

C D G

Oh mamma, I shot myself down [x4]

They're stepping on our hearts

Stepping on our hearts

F Fm Eb Ebm

I don't know why they're stepping on our hearts

Damn, I don't know why

Bb Cm F

Stepping on our hearts [x5]

Eb Bb

Can't you see, oh no, Stepping on our hearts

C D G

How come the blacks, how come they copy you so good?

They get off on you, so ?

C D

If you wanna make it

D G

Young man you gotta make somebody come

Come out of your black [x2] and strong

C D

Black! Strong! Black!

Jesus it's cold in this room, it's really cold

You know I never told you about this, but there's one guy

Somebody I really love, he's never around

Well he was taking things that could be alright, that could be nice

And make him ugly, so damn ugly

And we put out the lights on them

Yeah, we'd make it dark, we put out the lights....on them

It's idiots like you that screw me up

F Fm

I know there's nothing to you

And I don't know why I treat you so kind

Come down and dance with me, dance with me

You got nobody left but me

F G C Dm G

Oh accept me, don't reject me, don't forget me

C Dm G

Mamma, what colour will the lights be? Will they turn blue on me? [x2]

C Dm (until end)

Mamma, I shot myself up, woh mamma, I shot myself up, up, up, mamma

Up down, up down mamma

Oh oh oh oh oh mamma

I didn't know what I was doing, I didn't mean to, but I did it, I shot myself up

Mamma I shot myself!

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