Belle and Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue: chords

B                       F#
Look at the kid from school
               B                      F#
He’s teaching mamas and papas how to be
a little cool
               B                    F#
He’s changing fashion, the way he dress
      B                         F#
The tracksuits are old, and the hoody’s way
too moody
       D#m          A#m
For a kid with the will to funk
    B         F#             C#
He dances in secret; he’s a part-time punk

Now she's getting off the plane
She wants to write a thesis on
the population underprivileged
The kids fighting up the lane
Shoplifting, just drifting
Like The Switchblade And The Cross
But if there's trouble, she's got the moves
She's taking an elementary class in kung fu

Chorus:
   B                    F#
I left my washing in the launderette
         B                             F#
You can put some money on it, you can place
a little bet
           B
That when I see my washing
     D#m           A#m           B             F#
The black will be grey and the white will be grey
         C#
But the blues are still blue

I'm crying out for my mum
If the malady don't go away we're in a little
trouble
With the boss of the company
I'm a singer, a swinger
I'm a layabout but laying on
The dock in the lazy sun
Will never quite relegate me to a bum

Chorus:
I left my lady in the launderette
You can put some money on it, you can place
a little bet
That when I see my lady
The black will be white and the white will be black
But the blues are still blue

Oh baby, I love your face (baby, I love your face)
I've been creeping round this town because
Well, creeping's just my way (ooh ooh)
But with a little wink I'll be there (little wink,
I'll be there)
I'll be excited for a week, but then excitement
starts to fade
I know you're young, but you're out of touch
You're French, your vocabulary's not quite formed

Chorus:
I left my homework in the launderette
I got a letter from my mamma which my stupid
dog has ate
I hid behind the fence
Here comes the deputy head with the bark of
a bulldog
He's not making much sense

I left my lady in the launderette
You can put some money on it, you can place
a little bet
That when I see my lady
The black will be white and the white will
be black
But the blues are still blue

I left my lady in the launderette
You can put some money on it, you can place
a little bet
That when I see my lady
The black will be white and the white will
be black
But the blues are still blue