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Black And Brown Blues

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Tabber: Glossop
Band: Silver Jews
Song: Black and Brown Blues
  DBaby let's get dressed up, I got Gtwo pairs of shoes
And Ddarlin' you look so beautiful, when your Ghair's all hung in jewels
And Emsometimes I find it really hard to chA7oose
Between a Empair of black and a pair of brown sA7hoes
DWhen I'm high on bat wings Gup by the silvery moon
I Dthink of a certain sad king, Gtrapped in his golden room
And I Emdream of a cold river on the wA7ay
To Emcome and sweep that king into the A7black and brown bay
Well, the Dwater looks like jewelry as it's Gcoming out the spout
DNothing could make me feel better than a Gwet kiss on the mouth
EmFake IDs and honey bees, the A7jagged skyline of car keys
I Emnever knew a bird could fly so A7low
  DRub out the catlight,  Grub out the village
  DRed and white exit light,  Gthat's exodus damage
EmWhy don't people think of who they uA7se
Why don't you Emtry and come and get me, A7black and brown blues
It's raining Dtriple sec in Tchula and the Gradio plays "Crazy Train"
There's a Dquadroon ball in the bee-hive Ghanging out in the rain
EmWhen there's trouble I don't like runnin' but A7I'm afraid I got more in common
With Emwho I was than who I am beA7coming
  DWhen I go downtown I Galways wear a corduroy suit
Because it's Dmade of a hundred gutters that the Grain can run right through
But a Emlonely man can't make a move if he A7can't even bring himself to choose
Between a Empair of black and a pair of brown shA7oes

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Black And Brown Blues

by Silver Jews

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Chords in this song · guitar

Tabber: Glossop

Band: Silver Jews

Song: Black and Brown Blues

D G

Baby let's get dressed up, I got two pairs of shoes

D G

And darlin' you look so beautiful, when your hair's all hung in jewels

Em A7

And sometimes I find it really hard to choose

Em A7

Between a pair of black and a pair of brown shoes

D G

When I'm high on bat wings up by the silvery moon

D G

I think of a certain sad king, trapped in his golden room

Em A7

And I dream of a cold river on the way

Em A7

To come and sweep that king into the black and brown bay

D G

Well, the water looks like jewelry as it's coming out the spout

D G

Nothing could make me feel better than a wet kiss on the mouth

Em A7

Fake IDs and honey bees, the jagged skyline of car keys

Em A7

I never knew a bird could fly so low

D G

Rub out the catlight, rub out the village

D G

Red and white exit light, that's exodus damage

Em A7

Why don't people think of who they use

Em A7

Why don't you try and come and get me, black and brown blues

D G

It's raining triple sec in Tchula and the radio plays "Crazy Train"

D G

There's a quadroon ball in the bee-hive hanging out in the rain

Em A7

When there's trouble I don't like runnin' but I'm afraid I got more in common

Em A7

With who I was than who I am becoming

D G

When I go downtown I always wear a corduroy suit

D G

Because it's made of a hundred gutters that the rain can run right through

Em A7

But a lonely man can't make a move if he can't even bring himself to choose

Em A7

Between a pair of black and a pair of brown shoes

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