Blue Alert Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Ther[Eaug]e's perf[C]ume[Eaug][Am]
burning in [Eaug]the air
[C]Bits of beauty [Am]everywhere
[F]Shrapnel flying,
[E]soldier hit the[Am] dirt[E][Eaug][Am]

[Verse 2]
She comes so [Am]close
[Eaug]You feel [Am]her then
She tells you No and [F#dim]No again[D]
[Dm]Your lip is cut on t[Eaug]he edge[E]
of [D]her pleated [E]skirt
Blue [Am]Alert[Eaug][Am][C]
[Am][Eaug]

[Verse 3]
[E][Am]
Visions of [Eaug]her drawing near
[C]Arise, abi[Am]de, and[F#dim] disappear
[Dm]You try to slow it d[E]own
It doesn't [Am]work
[E][G#dim]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
It's just another [E]night [Am]I guess[Eaug]
[C]All tangled up [Am]in na[F#dim] kedness
[D]You[Dm] even touch yoursel[E]f
You're such [D]a f[E]lirt
Blue Aler[Am]t
[Dm]You

[Verse 5]
know how night[E]s like this begin
[Am]The kind of knot your
[D]heart gets [Dm]in
Any way [E]you turn is [Am]going to hurt[D]
[Dm]There's perfume burning[E]

[Verse 6]
in the air
[Am]Bits of beauty e[D]verywhere
[Dm]Shrapnel [E]flying, soldier hit [D]the dirt[E]
Blue Aler[Am]t[Eaug][Am]
[C][Am][Eaug]

[Verse 7]
[Am]
She breaks the [Eaug]rules s[Am]o you ca[Eaug]n see
[C]She's wil[Am]der tha[F#dim]n you'll ever be[D][Dm]
[F]You talk re [E]ligion but she
[Am]won't [E]convert
[Am]Her body's

[Verse 8]
twenty [Eaug]stor ies high
[Am]You try to l[C]ook away[F#dim],
[Am]you [F#dim]try[Dm]
[F]But all you want to [E]do is get [D]there first[E]
Blue [Am]Alert
[Dm]You know how nights

[Verse 9]
[E]
like this [Am]begin
The kind of knot [D]your heart
[Dm]gets in
Any way [E]you turn is [Am]going to hurt
[Eaug][D]

[Verse 10]
[Dm]
There's perfume [E]burning in [Am]the air
Bits of beau[D]ty everywhere
[Dm]Shrapnel flyin[E]g, soldier hit t[D]he dirt[E][Am]
[Eaug][C][Am][Eaug][Am][Eaug][C][Am][Eaug]
[Am]Blue [Eaug]Alert[C][Am][Eaug]
[Am][Eaug][C][Eaug][Fm]
[Eaug]Blue Ale[Am]rt...
[Am][Eaug]