From red to blue
C - Em - D
C Em - Dm F
1. Another day dawns grey, it's enough to make my spit,
C Em - F Dm
still
we go on our way, just putting up with it.
G Am G - F Dm
And when I try to make my feelings known to you,
C Em F
Dm C - Em - D
it sounds like you
have changed from red to blue.
C Em - Dm F
2. You're a father now, you see
things in different ways,
C
Em
- F Dm
for
every parent will gain perspective
on their wilder days.
G Am - G - F Dm
But that alone does not
explain, the change I see in you,
C Em F
Dm C - Em - D
the
way you've drifted off from red to blue.
Am F C Dm
Sometimes I think to myself :
F C F C
Should I vote red for my class or green for
our children ?
Am F
C Dm F - G
But whatever choice I make I
will not forsake. - - -
C
Em - Dm F
3. So you bought it all, the best your money could buy,
C Em - F Dm
and I
watched you sell your soul for their bright shining lie.
G Am - G - F Dm
Where are the principles of the friend I thought I knew ?
C Em F
Dm C - Em - D
I guess you let them fade from red to blue.
C Em - Dm
F
4. I hate the compromises that life forces us to make,
C Em - F Dm
we
must all bend a little, if we are not to break.
G Am G - F Dm
But the ideals you opted out
of, I still hold them to be true,
C Em F
Dm C
I guess they weren't so firmly
held by you.
(orig. = capo 5th) (Billy
Bragg)