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Violet And Blue

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Ilse DeLange - Violet and Blue
Written by: Ilse Delange, Tofer Brown & Jake Etheridge
D: x54232 (or xx0232)
[Intro]
 F#m   E   B    Dx2
[Verse 1]
F#mSome days are vEiolet
Some days are BblueD  
And mF#most days I’m tEired
Of misreading yBouD  
F#mWhere do we go, what do we Esay
Why are we fiBghting
Every daDy is the samF#meE  
Who’s to blB7ameD  
[Chorus]
AOooooC#mh, are we ash or just an aF#mmberglow of what we uDsed to know, darlin’
AOooooC#mh, I don’t wanna be an aftF#merthought, after aDll we’ve been through
AEvery high and C#mlow, every told you F#mso
When you let me Dmgo
Still I wanted you mA/C#oreD  
Still I wanted you mEsus4oreE  
[Verse 2]
F#mSome nights are stEarlet
Some nights are blBackD  
F#mWe keep moving farEther
I wanna go bBackD  
To the F#mboy and a girl, lost Ein a world
What are we doBing?
How did we fDall so far F#maway?A  
Who’s to blaB/D#me?D  
[Chorus]
AOooooC#mh, are we ash or just an aF#mmberglow of what we uDsed to know, darlin’
AOooooC#mh, I don’t wanna be an aftF#merthought, after aDll we’ve been through
AEvery high and C#mlow, every told you F#mso
When you let me Dmgo
Still I wanted you mAoreD  
Still I wanted you mEsus4oreE  
[Bridge]
Like a F#mporcelain pEulse how we aDche
We bF#mend till we crEack and we brB7eak
[Chorus]
AOooooC#mh, are we ash or just an aF#mmberglow of what we uDsed to know, darlin’
AOooooC#mh, I don’t wanna be an aftF#merthought, after aDll we’ve been through
AEvery high and C#mlow, every told you F#mso
When you let me Dmgo
Still I wanted you mAoreD  
Still I wanted you mEsus4oreE  
[Outro]
Still I wanted you AmoreD  
Still I wanted you Esus4moreE  

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Violet And Blue

by Ilse DeLange

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

C#m

A/C#

Esus4

B/D#

Ilse DeLange - Violet and Blue

Written by: Ilse Delange, Tofer Brown & Jake Etheridge

D: x54232 (or xx0232)

[Intro]

F#m E B D

[Verse 1]

F#m E

Some days are violet

B D

Some days are blue

F#m E

And most days I’m tired

B D

Of misreading you

F#m E

Where do we go, what do we say

Why are we fighting

D F#m E

Every day is the same

B7 D

Who’s to blame

[Chorus]

A C#m F#m D

Oooooh, are we ash or just an amberglow of what we used to know, darlin’

A C#m F#m D

Oooooh, I don’t wanna be an afterthought, after all we’ve been through

A C#m F#m

Every high and low, every told you so

When you let me go

A/C# D

Still I wanted you more

Esus4 E

Still I wanted you more

[Verse 2]

F#m E

Some nights are starlet

B D

Some nights are black

F#m E

We keep moving farther

B D

I wanna go back

F#m E

To the boy and a girl, lost in a world

What are we doing?

D F#m A

How did we fall so far away?

B/D# D

Who’s to blame?

[Chorus]

A C#m F#m D

Oooooh, are we ash or just an amberglow of what we used to know, darlin’

A C#m F#m D

Oooooh, I don’t wanna be an afterthought, after all we’ve been through

A C#m F#m

Every high and low, every told you so

When you let me go

A D

Still I wanted you more

Esus4 E

Still I wanted you more

[Bridge]

F#m E D

Like a porcelain pulse how we ache

F#m E B7

We bend till we crack and we break

[Chorus]

A C#m F#m D

Oooooh, are we ash or just an amberglow of what we used to know, darlin’

A C#m F#m D

Oooooh, I don’t wanna be an afterthought, after all we’ve been through

A C#m F#m

Every high and low, every told you so

When you let me go

A D

Still I wanted you more

Esus4 E

Still I wanted you more

[Outro]

A D

Still I wanted you more

Esus4 E

Still I wanted you more

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