VIOLET AND BLUE
(From the Columbia Pictures Film Against All Odds)
Words & Music by Stevie Nicks
Key: F#m
Guitar: Em (Capo 2)
Intro:
Em D / G C
// // // //
C D (add 9)
Even when the warning is… //// (Repeat)
Verse 1:
Em7 D
So where have you gone
G Cmaj7
Have you gone so far from the eyes that
D Em7 D
Speak trouble and even when the warning is
G C C C#dim D
over - wh - el - m - ing.
Verse 2:
Em7 D
Well it's hard to hide from
G Cmaj7
Eyes that are all over you
D Em7 D
That only some
G C C C#dim D
Make you lose your com - po - sure.
Chorus:
A E/B
"Well it's hard on my heart
A E/B
Well, open your eyes, yeah
A E/B
It gets harder every day
A E/B
He said, "I need to know now.”
C#m G#m E6/B
Soon you will be gone
E/B B7sus
Take your violet and blue mornings with you
Em D G C D(add 9)
O - o - o
Em D G C D(add 9)
O - o - o
Verse 3:
Em7 D
So you hide out
G Cmaj7
Like you think that you never left
D Em7 D
Tried to tell him that his heart is in his hands,
G C C C#dim D
ooo y - e - s (To Chorus)
Bridge:
G
Ten thousand times
G/F
Oh, I tried to tell you
Em7
When you close your eyes
G/D
Well I can't see inside you
Cmaj9
With the touch of your hand
Dsus Em7/D D
Well, it starts a gain
Verse 4:
Em7 D
So we both play
G Cmaj7
It gets under your skin
D Em7 D
And we both love the road
G C C C#dim D
But the roads are differ - ent. (To Chorus)
Coda:
D / Em D / G C / C C#dim D /
O - - o - o
Cmaj9 C#dim D
Make you lose your com - po - sure.
Cmaj9 C#dim D
It's over - whel - m - ing.
Cmaj9 C#dim D
Make you lose your com - po - sure.
Cmaj9 C#dim D
It's over - whel - m - ing.
© 1982, 1984 Welsh Witch Music (BMI)