Biography:
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions was a British pop band that formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1982. Between 1984 and 1989, the band scored four UK Top 20 albums and five UK Top 40 singles. After breaking up in 1989, Lloyd Cole embarked on a solo career. The band reformed briefly in 2004 to perform a 20th anniversary mini-tour of the UK and Ireland.
Signed to Polydor in 1984, the band was known for combining Clark's twangy guitar style with Cole's low-key singing style.
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Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Riff [Intro & Lightly behind verses]
e|--------------------------------10------------3-5--------3-5-------1---------||
B|------5---5------5---5-------3--10-3----------3--5-------3--5------1--1------||
G|------5---5------5---5-------3--10-3----------4----------4---------2-2-2-----||
D|------5---5------5---5-------3-----3----------5----------5---------3----3----||
A|--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1---1----------5----------5---------3---------||
E|------------------------------------------3-3-3------3-3-3-----1-1-1---------||
Bass
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--3-3--------3-3---------1-1-------1-1---------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------3-3--------3-3--------1-1-----1-1--||
[Intro]
C Bb G F
C Bb G F
[Verse 1]
C Bb
Should you awake, dear, from your beauty sleep
G F
To find your room swimming in blue and green
C Bb
Should you awake to feel like you never slept
G
And feel so very old
F
Well, don't you feel alone
[Chorus 1]
Em
I'm kind of blue
F
Blue for you again
Em
I guess I'm a fool
D
At least I'm not innocent
G
But what to do?
F Bb G
Whatever I touch turns blue
[Verse 2]
C
And should you find yourself lost
Bb
But in no need of sympathy
G F
Calm down to the beach and watch the waves come in
C
I dream the ocean was in my house
Bb
I feel the surf against my skin
G F
I just can't keep the waves from dragging me down
[Chorus 2]
Em
But when you say ooh
F
Baby, you're my best friend
Em
Then I lose
D
I lose my common sense
G
I'm blue
F Bb G
I'm kind of blue, it's the truth
[Verse 3]
C Bb
Should you awake, dear, from your beauty sleep
G F
To find your room swimming in blue and green
C Bb
Should you awake to feel like you never slept
G
And feel so very old
F
Well, don't you feel alone
[Chorus 3]
Em
I'm kind of blue
F
Blue for you again
Em
I guess I'm a fool
D
At least I'm not innocent
G
I may be blue
F Bb G
But don't you let me make you blue too
[Outro]
C Bb G F
C Bb G F
Riff [Intro & Lightly behind verses]
e|--------------------------------10------------3-5--------3-5-------1---------||
B|------5---5------5---5-------3--10-3----------3--5-------3--5------1--1------||
G|------5---5------5---5-------3--10-3----------4----------4---------2-2-2-----||
D|------5---5------5---5-------3-----3----------5----------5---------3----3----||
A|--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1---1----------5----------5---------3---------||
E|------------------------------------------3-3-3------3-3-3-----1-1-1---------||
Bass
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|--3-3--------3-3---------1-1-------1-1---------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------3-3--------3-3--------1-1-----1-1--||
[Intro]
C Bb G F
C Bb G F
[Verse 1]
C Bb
Should you awake, dear, from your beauty sleep
G F
To find your room swimming in blue and green
C Bb
Should you awake to feel like you never slept
G
And feel so very old
F
Well, don't you feel alone
[Chorus 1]
Em
I'm kind of blue
F
Blue for you again
Em
I guess I'm a fool
D
At least I'm not innocent
G
But what to do?
F Bb G
Whatever I touch turns blue
[Verse 2]
C
And should you find yourself lost
Bb
But in no need of sympathy
G F
Calm down to the beach and watch the waves come in
C
I dream the ocean was in my house
Bb
I feel the surf against my skin
G F
I just can't keep the waves from dragging me down
[Chorus 2]
Em
But when you say ooh
F
Baby, you're my best friend
Em
Then I lose
D
I lose my common sense
G
I'm blue
F Bb G
I'm kind of blue, it's the truth
[Verse 3]
C Bb
Should you awake, dear, from your beauty sleep
G F
To find your room swimming in blue and green
C Bb
Should you awake to feel like you never slept
G
And feel so very old
F
Well, don't you feel alone
[Chorus 3]
Em
I'm kind of blue
F
Blue for you again
Em
I guess I'm a fool
D
At least I'm not innocent
G
I may be blue
F Bb G
But don't you let me make you blue too
[Outro]
C Bb G F
C Bb G F
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