F#m  A   E
F#   A   E
F#m  A   E
F#   A   E

[Verse 1]
F#m                      A
I pushed your head down, flat onto the page
F#m                A
I held the weapon, flat against your face
F#m                      A
I remembered the promise that I had made
F#m                      A
And turned the pen back, back onto myself

[Chorus]
C#m                           A
So you can stick your words of comfort
F#m                               A
And you can take your well wishes too
              C#m        A
We're singing "Allez les blues"
            F#m                 A                F#m
'Cause they hold me closer than you would ever do
A
Allez les blues
F#m

[Verse 2]
F#m                   A
I know your shape and I know your size
F#m                                                   A
You are the weight of the concrete boots that pulled me under the tide
               F#m                                         A
And now you're marching on to a different drum, leaving my body here without a beat
F#m                                   A
A body drained of all feeling can be nothing but a piece of meat

[Chorus]
            C#m                 A
So you can stick your words of comfort
            F#m             A
And you can take your well wishes too
               C#m       A
We're singing "Allez les blues"
             F#m                A
'Cause they hold me closer than you would ever do
F#m       A
Allez les blues
     F#m               A
They hold me closer than you would ever do
F#m       A
Allez les blues

[Verse 3]
     C#m                     B
This lump in my throat is a knot that you tied
       A                          E
With a flick of your tongue and a wink of your eye
     C#m7                   B
This lump in my throat is a knot that you tied
       A                          E
With a flick of your tongue and a wink of your eye
           C#m
(I've been sitting sidesaddle on the devil's chair)
           B
(I've been muddying upholstery, he didn't care)
             A
(We've been clinking glasses right into the dead of night)
            E
(He burns a fire, keeps me warm and keeps my heart alight)
           C#m
(I've been sitting sidesaddle on the devil's chair)
           B
(I've been muddying upholstery, he didn't care)
             A
(We've been clinking glasses right into the dead of night)
           F#m A          F#m A    F#m  F#        F#m    A
He burns a fire, keeps me warm and keeps my heart alight

[Chorus]
F#m                     A
You pushed my head down, flat onto the page
F#m                  A
You held the weapon, flat to my face
F#m                        A
You remembered the promise that you would break
F#m               F#    A
And now the black blood runs through my veins

[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
            F#m      A            E
'Cause they hold me closer than you would ever do
F#m       A
Allez les blues
     F#m      A          E                 F#m
They hold me closer than you would ever do
A         E
Allez les blues