A soulful shade of blue    (video)    (intro)

 

    C - F - C - F

 

    C                        - F             C

1.     Dressmaker,        dressmaker,

F        C                           - F                                                      Bb 

    I'm singing at the hall       next Saturday night and he'll be there.

C                            - F                    - C

    He's been gone       for so long,        I want him back again,

G                            G7                       C      - C7

    make me the sweetest dress you can.

 

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Make it a soulful shade of blue with a ribbon at the hem,

    G                      G7              C                  C7

a ribbon white for loyalty to show that I remember when.

      F                               C

A soulful shade of blue looked into my eyes,

        G            G7                      C

and tell him I want him back again.

 

+  F - C - F

 

    C                         - F             C

2.      Dressmaker,        dressmaker,

F             C                              - F                                                    Bb

    don't make it loud or bright,     just make it a sweet and gentle style.

C                       - F                                  - C

    Then maybe        he'll remember me,         it was not so long ago,

G                        G7                       C      - C7

    I'll miss his sweet and gentle smile.

 

+  CHORUS   + C7

 

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+  Make it a soulful shade of bl.................................ue ! ......

 

    (Buffy Sainte-Marie)