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Bloomsbury Blue

Ruby Blue

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Ruby Blue BLOOMSBURY BLUE from: Down From Above, 1990 [Em]Nice old girls [Em]soak up the sun [C]Wondering who won the [C]race they run [Am]Sad old boys suck on [Am]lager tins [D]Staggering past on [D]tottering pins [c]Little kids play on the [C]fountain by the square And the [D]flower girl sells [D]bunches by the [G]pair [Em]Blue stocking blue a girl of [Em]high-legged renown [C]Strides past and through lacking [C]only a gown Her [Am]mind is high her [Am]heels on the ground Poet[D]ess of the ordinary [D]her thoughts profound Her [C]eyes are bright her [C]nose looks down The [D]books she reads are [D]her only [G]sound [G] And you [Em]know you can't have her You [Em]know it's not you Only the [Em]girls in the square [G]Know who is who Only the [Em]drunks by the fountain [Em]Know what to do Only the [Em]kids on the benches can [D]have Bloomsbury [G]blue [Em]Blue stocking blue makes [Em]tea in her flat [C]Wonders whether the day is [C]right to wear a hat She [Am]calls a friend, [Am]stretches her calf Too[D] lovely to be, too [D]beautiful by half She [C]falls on the bed and [C]arches her back [D]Closes her eyes and [D]dreams of [G]black [G] And you [Em]know you can't have her You [Em]know it's not you Only the [Em]ladies of the night [G]Know who is who Only the [Em]sleeping drunks [Em]Know what to do Only the [Em]kids with their ball can [D]have Bloomsbury [G]blue [Em]See picture painters [Em]basking by the tree The [C]colours they use [C]red blue and three The [Am]publican laughs as [Am]three men bet The [D]horses aren't running so they [D]stay in debt [C]Newsprint for a bed, a [C]dosser falls And [D]somewhere close a [D]tennis player [G]calls [G] Then the [D]horses run and the [C]old girls dance [G]Time for the fair and the [G]games of chance [D]Booze is falling like [C]rain from the sky And [G]flowers lighten be[G]fore they die [D]Kids paint their faces and [C]mamas laugh While [G]bloomsbury blue [G]ties on her scarf [D]She's on the square, [C]she's by the park [G]She's in the light, [G]she's in the dark And you [Em]know you can't have her You [Em]know it's not you Only the [Em]ladies of the night [G]Know who is who Only the [Em]sleeping drunks [Em]Know what to do Only the [Em]kids with their ball can [D]have Bloomsbury [G]blue [Em]Most of it's over she [Em]lies by the fire [C]Only she knows you [C]can't get much higher Than [Am]blue stocking blue a girl of [Am]high renown Who [D]seeks and finds with[D]out a sound Who [D]uses the day as [D]if it's the night Who [D]passes you by [D]never a sight Who [C]makes you shiver with[C]out knowing why Like [D]bloomsbury blue is [D]part of the [G]sky
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