Almost Blue
Words & Music by:
Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus (Elvis Costello)
Am Am/G# Am/G Am/F# Dm9 E+
[1st note = E]
Am Am/G# Am/G Bm7-5
E7 Am
Am/G# Am/G
Almost blue---------, almost
doing things we used to do.
Bm7-5 E7 C F E D
There's a girl here and
she's almost you, almost...
Am Adim
C Bb A
All the things that your
eyes once promised I see in hers, too.
A
Dm
Bm7-5 E+ Am B7
Am
Now your eyes are red from
cry----ing, al---most blue.
F
Bm7-5 C
C#dim
Flirting with this disaster
became me.
Dm Bm7-5 E
It named me as the fool who
only aimed to be...
Almost blue, it's almost
touching, it will almost do.
There's a part of me that's
always true, always...
Not all good things come to
an end, now, it is only a chosen few.
Dm Bm7-5 E+
I have seen such an unhappy
couple.
Am
Bm7-5 Am
Almost me... Almost you...
Almost blue...
Vocal line for
this song is sung freely, but the guitar keeps a steady swing ballad beat
– usually two beats per chord.
Listen to the record (Elvis Costello's Spike) to get his
inflection.
Dm9 = 1 0 0 2 1 0
Bm7-5 = x 2 3 2 3 x or: 7 5 7 x 6 5 or:
x 2 0 2 0 1
Bb6 = x 1 3 3 3 3
Adim = x 0 4 5 4 5
C#dim = X X 2 3 2 3
E+ = x 3 2 1 1 0 or:
x x 2 1 1 0