The Blue Time Chords
by Joe Jackson
The Blue Time by Joe Jackson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#, E, D, Gmaj7, G6, C#m, A, G#m, G#, A#, C, C#maj7, C#6, Am, F and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F# E D F# E D
F# Gmaj7 G6
You come to me in the Blue Time
F# Gmaj7
Between the night and the day
C#m A E
Always too soon for the sunrise
C#m A E G#m
Always too late for a second chance
F# Gmaj7 G6
Between an old and a new time
F# Gmaj7
Reaching out as you slip away
C#m A E
Into the dream that I'm losing
C#m A E G#m G#
While I awaken into a trance
A#
As it starts to rain
A#
And blue turns indigo
C C#maj7 C#6
C C#maj7
Am F C Am F C Em E
F# E D F# E D
F# Gmaj7 G6
We part again in the Blue Time
F# Gmaj7
Bruising our hearts on the way
C#m A E
A dream fading back to the darkness
C#m A E G#m E
Leaving the echo of one last dance