Perfect Blue Buildings — Counting Crows
Chords and lyrics for Perfect Blue Buildings by Counting Crows (key of Dm).
Intro
[Dm]
Verse 1
[Dm]Just down the street from your [C]hotel, [Bb]baby
[Dm]I stay at home [C]with my [Bb]disease
[Dm]And ain't this position [C]familiar, [Bb]darling
[Dm]Well, all monkeys do [C]what they [Bb]see
[Gm]Help me stay awake, I'm [Bb]falling...
Verse 2
[Dm]Down on Virginia and [C]La [Bb]Loma
[Dm]Where I got friends [C]who'll care [Bb]for me
[Dm]You got an attitude [C]of everything I [Bb]ever wanted
[Dm]I got an attitude [C]of [Bb]need
[Gm]Help me stay awake, I'm [Bb]falling...
Chorus
[F]Asleep in perfect [C]blue [Bb]buildings
[F]Beside the green [C]apple [Bb]sea
[F]Gonna get me a [C]little [Bb]oblivion, baby
[F]Try to keep myself away [C]from [Bb]me [Dm]
Verse 3
[Dm]It's 4:30 A.M. on a [C]Tues[Bb]day
[Dm]It doesn't get much [C]worse than [Bb]this
[Dm]In beds in little rooms in [C]buildings in the [Bb]middle
[Dm]of these lives which are [C]completely [Bb]meaningless
[Gm]Help me stay awake, I'm [Bb]falling...
Chorus
[F]Asleep in perfect [C]blue [Bb]buildings
[F]Beside the green [C]apple [Bb]sea
[F]Gonna get me a [C]little [Bb]oblivion, baby
[F]Try to keep myself away [C]from [Bb]me [Dm]
Verse 4
[Dm]I got bones beneath my [C]skin, and [Bb]mister...
[Dm]There's a skeleton in [C]every man's [Bb]house
[Dm]Beneath the dust and love and [C]sweat that hangs on [Bb]everybody
[Dm]There's a dead man trying [C]to get [Bb]out
[Gm]Please help me stay awake, I'm [Bb]falling...
Chorus
[F]Asleep in perfect [C]blue [Bb]buildings
[F]Beside the green [C]apple [Bb]sea
[F]Gonna get me a [C]little [Bb]oblivion, baby
[F]Try to keep myself away [C]from [Bb]me [F]
Outro
[F]Perfect blue [C]buildings