Bluerings
Released in 1988 by Virgin Records
Transpose
VERSE 1
E
Your neck is
C#m
cheap
elastic
Am7
Beneath a
B
brain of lead
E
Thanks for the
C#m
lies and poison
“
Am7
Nothing is
B
true,” you say
The
Amaj7
road to
Badd9/C#
honest
D
happi
Badd9/C#
ness
D
Ploughs right
Badd9/C#
through
Yellow
F#m7
scum
A
like
G#sus4
you
CHORUS 1
C#
Bluerings
C#7/B
don’t go to
Bbm7
town
Aadd9
C#
I’m your
C#7/B
enemy
Bbm7
now
Aadd9
VERSE 2
E
Saying you
C#m
stand for something
Am7
Making a
B
lame
attempt
E
Be lucky
C#m
and be always
Am7
Assured of
B
my
contempt
And
Amaj7
blue-ringed
C#7sus4
eyes, torn
D6
clothes, clenched
C#7sus4
fist
F#m7
Skull
B7
just
G#sus4
splits
CHORUS 2
C#
Bluerings
C#7/B
don’t go to
Bbm7
town
Aadd9
C#
Not now
C#7/B
you gunned me
Bbm7
down
Aadd9
INTERLUDE
Amaj7
My neck or yours?
Badd9/C#
D
Badd9/C#
D
Badd9/C#
F#m7
A
G#sus4
CHORUS 3
C#
Bluerings
C#7/B
don’t go to
Bbm7
town
Aadd9
C#
Walk your
C#7/B
dog round and
Bbm7
round
Aadd9
C#
I’m your
C#7/B
enemy
Bbm7
now
Aadd9
C#
I’m your
C#7/B
enemy
Bbm7
now
Aadd9
C#
I’m your
C#7/B
enemy
Bbm7
now (Your little
Aadd9
enemy
now)
OUTRO/FADE
C#
C#7/B
Bbm7
Aadd9
C#
C#7/B
Bbm7
Scum condensed of
Aadd9
Irish
bog
Ruffian,
C#
traitor, demagogue,
C#7/B
that’s me
Bbm7
Aadd9
C#
C#7/B
Bbm7
Aadd9