Original Artist - Take Off Your Blues guitar chord

Take Off Your Blues

written 2005

Inspired by a line in, of all movies, Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective."

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A

Well I know he weighs heavy on your mind

D A

Every night when you break out the gin

And I know you try to drink him away

D E

But he always comes back again

A

But don't forget what it was he did

D A

And who he did it with

A7 D

I'm here to tell ya no matter what he said

E E7 A

His kiss wasn't just a kiss, so

CHORUS:

D A

Take off your blues, hang 'em up

E A

Throw that bottle aside

D A

I'm gonna take you down, shake you up

B7 E

And reaffirm your pride

A

You see your inhibitions

D A

Well put 'em up on the shelf

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Darlin' go on and take off your blues

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And everything else

You need a real man to show you

Just what a real man can do

With a sense of purpose and dignitity

And a pretty thing like you

You just forget about ol' what's his name

And stare into my eyes

And I guarantee unequivocally

You won't need him tonight

CHORUS

BRIDGE:

C#m F#m

I'm in this for the long haul

E A

That's all you need to know

C#m F#m

We'll get down to the small-talk later

B7 E

For now just let him go

CHORUS

A7 D

Yeah darlin' go on and take off your blues

E E7 A

And while you're at it everything else

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