#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# #This OLGA file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation # #of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or # #research. Remember to view this file in Courier, or other monospaced font. # #See http://www.olga.net/faq/ for more information. # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Subject: b/bragg_billy/from_red_to_blue.crd Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 14:24:49 +1000 From: Mackay School Support Centre "From Red to Blue" by Billy Bragg (from the album "William Bloke") Notes: I suggest playing it using barre chords with a rhythm similar to that used in the first bar of the intro. On the CD it is actually about a quarter tone lower than shown below (who cares right?). The breaks aren't quite perfect but will sound effective enough. Transcribed by: Dean Malone Intro and end of every verse e ----1-----1-----|----------------| B ----1-----1-----|--1---0---1-0---| G ----2-----2-----|--2---0-------0-| D ----------------|--2---0---------| A ----------------|0---------------| E 1-----1-----1-3-|----------------| F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Gm (355333@1) BbAnother (x1333x@1)day dawns grey, It's enough to make my spit F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) GmStill (355333@1)we go on our way, just putting up with it C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CBb GmAnd (355333@1)when I try to make my feelings known to you F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Gm (355333@1) FIt (133211@1)sounds like you have changed from red to blue F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Gm (355333@1) BbWell (x1333x@1)you're a father now, you see things in different ways F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) GmFor (355333@1)every parent will, gain perspective on their wilder days C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CBb GmBut (355333@1)that alone does not explain, the change I see in you F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1)Gm (355333@1) FThe (133211@1)way you've drifted off from red to blue Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FSometimes (133211@1)I think to myself Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FShould (133211@1)I vote red for my class or green for our children? Dm (xx0231@1)C (x32010@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FBut (133211@1)whatever choice I make BbI (x1333x@1)will not foresake e ----------------| B (x2444x@1) --8---6---5---3-| G (320003@1) --9---7---5---3-| D (xx0232@1)10---8----7--5---| (not quite right - A (x02220@1) ----------------| but sounds good anyway) E (022100@1) ----------------| F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Gm (355333@1) BbSo (x1333x@1)you bought it all, the best your money could buy F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) GmAnd (355333@1)I watched you sell your soul for their bright shining lie C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CBb GmWhere (355333@1)are the principles of the friend I thought I knew? F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Gm (355333@1) FI (133211@1)guess you let them fade from red to blue F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Gm (355333@1) BbI (x1333x@1)hate the compromises that life forces us to make F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) GmWe (355333@1)must all bend a little if we are not to break C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1) CBb GmBut (355333@1)the ideals you opted out of, I still hold them to be true F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Gm (355333@1) F(hold) (133211@1)I guess they weren't so firmly held by you. +----------------------------------+ M ac k ay (x02210@1) S ch o o l | ************* ### ### ### | S u p p o r t Ce n t r e (022000@1) | ********* # # # | | ***** ## ## # | Cnr Goldsmith St and Bridge Road | *** # # # | Mackay Qld 4740 | * ### ### ### | Ph: 575 331 Fax: 573 006 | | | M AC K AY (x02220@1) | +----------------------------------+