#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Blood Is Blood Original Album: Dear Frustrated Superstar Words and Music by Nerina Pallot Copyright © 2001 Polydor Records Published by Chrysalis Music Publishing Ltd/Mute Song Ltd. Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: On the record there is a backing vocal line that runs through the last chorus. I've added it here only for the sake of completeness. INTRO: Notes: The first time through, the piano plays this an octave higher than my transcription. Chords: C#m x46654 A x02220 G#m 455444 B x24442 E 022100 [play: Guitar Figure 1] [x2] Guitar Figure 1 C#m G#m E B |-----------------4-------4-------|-----------------7-------7-------| |-----4---5---7-------5-------7---|-----7---9---10------------------| |-6-------------------------------|-9-------------------9-------9---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | E B A B |-----------------7-------7-------|---------------------------------| |-----7---9---10------------------|-5-------5-------8-------8-------| |-9-------------------9-------9---|-----6-------6-------9-------9---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | [second time: repeat last bar] VERSE1: Chords: C#m x46654 A x02220 G#m 466444 B x24442 E 022100 | C#m G#m | E B | A | B Tinker-bell, my winged friend, I think we got it wrong. | C#m G#m | E B | A | B No fairy tale or happy end, just prehistoric songs. | C#m G#m | E B | A | B A crystal in my baby's eyes, I want what I can't love | C#m G#m | E B | A | B So now I've learnt how to despise, I think I've learnt enough... CHORUS1: Chords: E 022100 F#m 244222 A x02220 B x24442 | E | A If blood is blood, then blood will flow | F#m | B That's all it does, that's all it knows | E | A | B But I've one question, I want something, I want more. | E | A Flesh is flesh, an urgent fire | F#m | B It drags you down, this cheap desire. | E | A | B We all want something, maybe beauty, maybe more... VERSE2: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Chords: C#m x46654 A x02220 G#m 466444 B x24442 E 022100 | C#m G#m | E B | A | B Abso-lution, constitution, leave it all behind | C#m G#m | E B | A | B Take off your shirt, your worried face, and let me lose your mind. | C#m G#m | E B | A | B I thought that I might change the world, but all I changed was me. | C#m G#m | E B | A | B So now I sleep most days and think of where it all might lead. [repeat CHORUS] BRIDGE: Chords: C#m x46654 B 799877 or x24442 G#m 466444 C/G 335553 or 332010 A 577655 D x57775 or xx0232 | C#m G#m | A Blood will rain a little, | A C#m | A | C/G D | A Down each mountainside and every cloud will bring you here. [Instrumental / Guitar SOLO over CHORUS chords] CHORUS2: Chords: E 022100 or x79997 B x24442 or 799777 A x02220 or 577655 Bmaj7 x24342 F#m 244222 | E | A Oh, blood is blood, and blood will flow | F#m | B That's all it does, that's all it knows | E | A | B But I've one question, I want something, I want more. | E | A Flesh is flesh, an urgent fire (flesh is flesh, and it twists the soul) | F#m | B It drags you down, this cheap desire (Like a tourniquet, like a begging bowl) | E | A | B We all want something, maybe beauty, maybe more (Like some long forbidden treasure in the dirt...) | E | A Yeah, blood is blood, and blood will flow - (Blood is Blood, and it's on our hands) | F#m | B That's all it does, that's all it knows (That's the price of grace for the common man) | E | A | B But I've one question, I want something, I want more (For that one good hour you pay with all your life) | E | A Flesh is flesh, an urgent fire | F#m | B It drags you down, this cheap desire Bmaj7 | E | A | B We all want something, maybe beauty, maybe more C#m I want more [play: Guitar Figure 1] C#m I want more