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Blue Sunny

Jonathan Coulton

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When Jonathan Coulton debuted this song at a concert in Chicago, he told the 
audience he wanted to make a happy song, so he thought he'd make it about sunshine 
and blue skies and call it "Blue Sunny Day". But then he noticed that the word 
"blue" could have another meaning...

He wondered who would be "blue" about a sunny day. Vampires, of course, but then 
he thought, no. What's more obvious than Jonathan Coulton writing another song 
about a sad and/or lonely monster?

But then he was just like, "nah, it's totally a vampire".




Capo 2

G13 Chord Figure

---0-----------------
----3-0---------------
0-2---2----------------
3-3---3----------------
x-x---x----------------
3-3---3----------------

[ch]A[/ch]        x02220
[ch]G/B[/ch]      x20000
[ch]C[/ch]        x32010
[ch]G[/ch]        3x0033
[ch]Am[/ch]       x02210
[ch]E[/ch]        022100
[ch]F/C[/ch]      x33211
Bm7b5    x23231 (thumb on A string) or x20231 or x2323x
[ch]A[/ch]        x02220
[ch]Bm/A[/ch]     x04430
[ch]C#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]    x06650
[ch]D/A[/ch]      x07770
[ch]Dm7[/ch]      xx0211
[ch]C[/ch](alt)   x32013  
[ch]Dm7[/ch](alt) xx0565
[ch]Amaj7[/ch]    x02120
A7sus2   x05450
[ch]D[/ch]        xx0232
[ch]Am7[/ch]      x02010
[ch]D9[/ch]       xx0210
[ch]D7[/ch]       xx0212
[ch]B7[/ch]       x21202
[ch]Cadd9[/ch]    x3203x
Bm11b5   x23230

[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] (Lead In)

[ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]
Early light that burns my eyes,
  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]
A minute more the sun will rise
    [ch]F/C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G13[/ch] (Figure)
And paint the bright blue sky with yellow gold
[ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        
I'll be dead asleep by then,
[ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch] 
Shut up in this box again
  Bm7b5    [ch]E[/ch]
Until it's gone
Bm7b5   [ch]E[/ch]            
Outside I can hear it
[ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm/A[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D/A[/ch]            
Birds are singing, bees are buzzing, sun shines overhead
[ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Bm/A[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D/A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]
I'd be there to see it but I can't get out of bed
[ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch](alt)            [ch]Dm7[/ch](alt)
Since the day you left the weather always feels this way
         [ch]Amaj7[/ch] A7sus2 [ch]D[/ch]  Bm7b5
One more blue sunny day

Verse 2

[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] (Lead In)

[ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]
Looking for an easy mark
  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]
I hit the Denny's after dark
   [ch]F/C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G13[/ch](Figure)
To take a lonely waitress home to drink,
[ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]
She's sincere, but halfway through
  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]
I find I'm wishing she was you
   Bm7b5      [ch]E[/ch]
My blood goes cold
  Bm7b5      [ch]E[/ch]
I guess this date is over
[ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm/A[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D/A[/ch]
Several hours later I'm the only one awake
[ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm/A[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] (Lead In)
All these streets are empty, it's just me and my mistake
[ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch](alt)             [ch]Dm7[/ch](alt)
One by one the stars go out as black sky turns to gray
         [ch]Amaj7[/ch] A7sus2 [ch]D[/ch]  Bm7b5
One more blue sunny day

Bridge

Bm7b5                      [ch]Amaj7[/ch]
Sometimes I see how long I can wait
[ch]Am7[/ch]                     [ch]D9[/ch]
Tempting disaster by my garden gate
Bm7b5                    [ch]Amaj7[/ch]
My trembling hand on the cellar door
[ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]
Trying not to think of what it is I'm waiting for


Interlude

|[ch]F/C[/ch]  |[ch]F/C[/ch] |[ch]C[/ch]  |[ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]Dm7[/ch] |[ch]E[/ch]  |

|[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm/A[/ch]|[ch]C#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] (Lead In) |

Verse 3

[ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]
All at once I've had enough
   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]
As if I'm made of sterner stuff
  [ch]F/C[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G13[/ch] (figure)
I take a breath and open up the door
[ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]
Dawn breaks hard and falls on me
    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]
For just one moment I can see
    Bm7b5     [ch]E[/ch]
The pale blue sky
  Bm7b5    [ch]E[/ch]
I close my eyes because
    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm/A[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D/A[/ch]  
The world's so bright and beautiful I have to look away
[ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm/A[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]/[ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D/A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] (Lead In)
Braced against the beauty of another perfect day
[ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch](alt)          [ch]Dm7[/ch](alt)
As I go to pieces and the breeze blows me away
         [ch]Amaj7[/ch] A7sus2 [ch]D[/ch]  Bm11b5
One more blue sunny day


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Blue Sunny

Jonathan Coulton