Perfect Blue Buildings Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Just down the street
[G]from your ho[F]tel, ba[Em]by
[Am]I stay at home with [G]my disease[F]
[Am]And ain't this position [G]familiar, [F]dar [Em]ling
[Am]Well, all monkeys do w[G]hat they see[F]
[D]Help me stay awake, I'm[F] falling...

[Verse 2]
[Am]Down on Virginia a[G]nd La Loma[F]
[Am]Where I got frie[G]nds who'll care for me[F]
[Am]You got an attitude [G]of
every[F]thing I ever [Em]wanted
[Am]I got an attitud[G]e of nee[F]d
[D]Help me stay awake, I'm[F] falling...

[Chorus 1]
[C]Asleep in per[G]fect blue bui[Dm]ldings
[C]Beside the gre[G]en apple[Dm] sea
[C]Gonna get me a lit[G]tle oblivion[Dm], bab[F]y
[C]Try to keep mysel[G]f away[F], from me[Am]

[Verse 3]
[Am]It's 4:30 A.M. o[G]n a Tues[F]day
[Am]It doesn't get much [G]worse than this[F]
[Am]In beds in little room[G]s in buildings[F]
In the middle [Em]of these l[Am]ives
Which are com[G]pletely meaning[F]less
[D]Help me stay awake, I'm[F] falling...

[Chorus 2]
[C]Asleep in per[G]fect blue bui[Dm]ldings
[C]Beside the gre[G]en apple[Dm] sea
[C]Gonna get me a lit[G]tle oblivion[Dm], bab[F]y
[C]Try to keep mysel[G]f
a[F]way, from myself and me

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][Dm][F]
[C][G][Dm][F]
[Am][Am]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Well, I got bone[G]s beneath my skin,[F] mis t[Em]er
[Am]There's a skeleton in ever[G]y man's hous[F]e
[Am]Beneath the dust[G] and love
and [F]sweat that hangs on eve[Em]rybody
[Am]There's a dead man tryin[G]g to get out[F]
So [D]please help me stay awake, [F]I'm falling...

[Chorus 3]
[C]Asleep in per[G]fect blue bui[Dm]ldings
[C]Beside the gre[G]en apple[Dm] sea
[C]Gonna get me a lit[G]tle oblivion[Dm], bab[F]y
[C]Try to keep mysel[G]f away[F], from me

[Chorus 4]
[C]Per[G]fect blue bui[Dm]ldings
[C]Beside the gre[G]en apple[Dm] sea
[C]I wanna get me a litt[G]le oblivi[Dm]on, b[F]aby
[C]I'm trying to keep mysel[G]f
a[F]way, from myself and me

[Chorus 5]
[C]Oh,[G] in[Dm] a perfect blue buildi[C]ng[G]
Well, [Dm]I can't keep myself away from me[C][G]
[Dm]Oh, in a p[F]erfect blue [C]buildi[G]ng

[Outro 1]
So how [F]am I gonna keep myself away?
How am I gonna keep myself away from me?
Keep myself away
How am I gonna keep myself away from me?
Keep myself away
How am I gonna keep myself away from me?