Take Off Your Blues
 	 written 2005
Inspired by a line in, of all movies, Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective."


INTRO:  D  E  D  E7  A

       A
Well I know he weighs heavy on your mind
      D                            A
Every night when you break out the gin

And I know you try to drink him away
        D                  E
But he always comes back again
      A
But don't forget what it was he did
    D             A
And who he did it with
     A7                         D
I'm here to tell ya no matter what he said
    E            E7     A
His kiss wasn't just a kiss, so


CHORUS:
D                     A
Take off your blues, hang 'em up
 E                  A
Throw that bottle aside
            D             A
I'm gonna take you down, shake you up
    B7              E
And reaffirm your pride
    A
You see your inhibitions
      D                 A
Well put 'em up on the shelf
A7                     D                E
Darlin' go on and take off your blues
          E7     A
And everything else


You need a real man to show you
Just what a real man can do
With a sense of purpose and dignitity
And a pretty thing like you
You just forget about ol' what's his name
And stare into my eyes
And I guarantee unequivocally
You won't need him tonight


CHORUS


BRIDGE:
    C#m              F#m
I'm in this for the long haul
        E               A
That's all you need to know
       C#m             F#m
We'll get down to the small-talk later
     B7              E
For now just let him go


CHORUS

      A7                    D
Yeah darlin' go on and take off your blues
                 E           E7    A
And while you're at it everything else


INTRO