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The Blue Nile is an alternative/pop band from Glasgow, Scotland, known for their perfectionist work ethic and long gaps between releases.
The music of The Blue Nile is built heavily on synthesizers and electronic instrumentation and percussion, although later works have featured acoustic guitar more prominently. Despite the "coldness" often associated with the use of such electronic instruments, The Blue Nile has managed to create music that is deeply emotional
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The Blue Nile - Because of Toledo
Scale : G Major
Arperg pattern:
GM7 = 3x403x
e|-----------------|
B|-------3-----3---|
G|---0-----0-----0-| x3
D|-----4-----4-----|
A|-----------------|
E|-3---------------|
The notes on lyrics are the BASS added to the arpeggios, NOT CHORDS.
[Verse 1]
G
Because of Toledo
E
I got sober and stayed clean
C
The pick ups in the wild prairies
B E
The shadows dancing in between
C
Girl leans on the jukebox
B E
In a pair of old blue jeans
C B E E
Says I live here but I don't really live anywhere
[Verse 2]
C C
Because of Toledo
G
Tuesday it's raining
E
And I'm pulling on my shoes
C
I guess I quit believing in
B E
The early morning news
C
There's a boy orders coffee
B E
And he settles down to think
C
How the women that you love sometimes
B E
Are the water that you drink
C B E
Then another faded waitress dressed in pink
C
Cries for Toledo
[Break]
Am7 CM CM7
The lipstick and the cocaine traces
Am7 CM CM7
One face in a thousand faces
E C
I stumble through so many places
G
Cause of Toledo
[Bridge]
G
Yeah
G
Yeah yeah
E
(oh)Yeah
C
Yeah yeah
[Verse 3]
G
Because of Toledo
E
The highway looks so thin
C
I see another motel sign
B E
Think of pulling in
C
Write your name upon the mirror there
B E
The only secret that I know
C B E
But I guess that I'd be only chasing rainbows
[outro]
C C
Back to Toledo
G G
I think I'll go
Scale : G Major
Arperg pattern:
GM7 = 3x403x
e|-----------------|
B|-------3-----3---|
G|---0-----0-----0-| x3
D|-----4-----4-----|
A|-----------------|
E|-3---------------|
The notes on lyrics are the BASS added to the arpeggios, NOT CHORDS.
[Verse 1]
G
Because of Toledo
E
I got sober and stayed clean
C
The pick ups in the wild prairies
B E
The shadows dancing in between
C
Girl leans on the jukebox
B E
In a pair of old blue jeans
C B E E
Says I live here but I don't really live anywhere
[Verse 2]
C C
Because of Toledo
G
Tuesday it's raining
E
And I'm pulling on my shoes
C
I guess I quit believing in
B E
The early morning news
C
There's a boy orders coffee
B E
And he settles down to think
C
How the women that you love sometimes
B E
Are the water that you drink
C B E
Then another faded waitress dressed in pink
C
Cries for Toledo
[Break]
Am7 CM CM7
The lipstick and the cocaine traces
Am7 CM CM7
One face in a thousand faces
E C
I stumble through so many places
G
Cause of Toledo
[Bridge]
G
Yeah
G
Yeah yeah
E
(oh)Yeah
C
Yeah yeah
[Verse 3]
G
Because of Toledo
E
The highway looks so thin
C
I see another motel sign
B E
Think of pulling in
C
Write your name upon the mirror there
B E
The only secret that I know
C B E
But I guess that I'd be only chasing rainbows
[outro]
C C
Back to Toledo
G G
I think I'll go
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