Blue Plate Special
tabbed by Karlyn-Ruth Johnson
(acoustic)
Intro Em D G A
DAG
Nobody looks at you in LA
DG#mD
I think it's because they're afraid
Bm
That you might be crazy
GA
Or come and take them away
DF#
Away from the simple life
BmAA7
Away from the guns and knives
GDBmGA
Away to a place that's cold and gray
DAG
Nobody smiles at you in LA
DG#mD
Or says 'Hey, have a nice day'
DBm
Must be cuz they're thinking
GA
And slowly drifting away
DF#
Away from the movie stars
BmAA7
Away from the car alarms
GDBmGA
Away from the people who give them their way (?)
Bridge D F# Bm A A7 G D Bm G A
DAG
Nobody talks to you in LA
DG#mD
They don't seem to have much to say
DBm
They'll ask you for money
GA
But that's all that's given away
DF#
Some day I'm gonna find someone
BmAA7
Some day I'm gonna fall in love
GDBmGA
Some day if only someone will just look my way
GF#G#mD
But nobody looks at you in LA
G#mD
D out
I love this song, and am really getting into this artist. Let me know
if you find any mistakes (other than the obvious; that I haven't a clue
what he says at the end of the second verse). Hey, let me know if you
know what he says there. SpartacusGirl@ivillage.com