Big Blue Note

C        Am        F
See that big blue note
      G
Over there on the counter
C                      Am
You don't want to read that thing, man
       F             G
It's a real 'get you down'er
C                  Am
But don't you dare say
             F         G
Nothin' else bad about her
C           Am F G
She's gone

                        C         Am
No no no, no, no, don't throw it away
       F               G
'Cause tonight I might need it
        C                  Am
It gets real lonely around here at night sometimes
      F         G
And I have to reread it
             C                       Am
Besides, you show it to the boys downtown
F            G
They won't believe that
C           Am F G
She's gone

                   F
There used to be a time
      Em
I was all she ever wanted
F                G           C
All the man that she'll ever need
               F
I come home to find
          Em
Just like that, she's up and vanished

        F                              G
And the only thing she left behind for me

        C        Am
Is this big blue note
       F        G
Folded up in my pocket
      C
Yeah, don't laugh
Am                  F
It's been two months
        G
I still got it
                    C               Am
Sometimes I have to read the sucker twice
             F               G
Just to make sure I ain't forgot that
C          Am F G
She's gone

                C         Am
You know, my psychiatrist said
 F                  G
"Tell me what do you see
        C                 Am
When you look at these ink spots
   F                    G
Of reds and yellows and greens?"
          C               Am
You know, I looked at 'em all
             F            G
But they all looked to me like
C   Am   F     G
Big blue notes

C Am F G

                   F
There used to be a time
      Em
I was all she ever wanted
F                G           C
All the man that she'll ever need
               F
I come home to find
          Em
Just like that, she's up and vanished

        F                                G
And the only thing that's left to do for me

         C            Am
Is stand high on this cliff
    F           G
Overlookin' the sea
        C                   Am
With my big blue note paper airplane
     F          G
That I just set free
        C                 Am
Now I'm gonna wait here a few more minutes
    F                        G
And if it don't come back to me, huh
               C
You guessed it
           Am F G
She's gone

C Am F G

Crash landing!

C Am F G
C Am F G

Bye bye, baby

C Am F G
repeat and fade

• Am
• C
• Em
• F
• G