Blue Alert Madeleine Peyroux ‘Composigo: Anjani Thomas / Leonard Cohen Tom: ¢ (antro) am AM7H An7 An7H An nT There's perfume burning in the air An7 An6 Bits of beauty everywhere 80 &7 An? ( Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt Bm7(bS) £7 ) An An7H An She comes so close you feel her then ‘An6 She tells you no and no again ‘Bm7(bS) 7 Your lip is cut on the edge 07 OE Of her pleated skirt Am Am7M Am ATM Blue Alert An An7 Visions of her drawing near An7 ‘Ans Arise, abide, and disappear Bn7(bS) 7 An? ( You try to slow it down it doesn't work Bn7(b5) £7 ) an an It's just another night T guess nT An6 ALL tangled up in nakedness Bn7(bS) e7 v7 You even touch yourself you're such a flirt By Pitroclub ( Bn7(bs) £7 ) An? NTH Blue Alert Dn? 7 Anz You know how nights like this begin v7 The kind of knot your heart gets in Dn? &7 An? 07 ‘Any way you turn is going to hurt Dn? 7 There's perfume burning in the air An? 07 Bits of beauty everywhere Dn 7 07 7 Shrapnel flying, soldier hit the dirt Am ANTM AMT? AMT. Blue Alert An ‘An7M An? She breaks the rules so you can see Ané She's wilder than you'll ever be Bo &7 An? &7 You talk religion but she won't convert an An7M Her body's twenty stories high An? An6 You try to look away, you try 80 &7 07 But all you want to do is get there first 7 Am Am Blue Alert