NEW SHADE OF BLUE
Southern Pacific
Album: Greatest Hits
Submitted by Christopher R.
12/12/2022

Intro: (G) (C/G) (G) (C/G) 

(G) He watched the sunset (D/F#) on the (Em) highway
(C) (C/B) Headlights (Am) shining at the (G) moon (D)
(G) The evening dropped a (D/F#) silent (Em) curtain
(C) (C/B) As the (Am) sky turned to a (D) deeper (G) blue (G/F#)
He (Em7) parked his car a(Bm7)long the road
To (C) breathe the desert (D) air
(Em7) Told himself that (Bm) he'd forget
(F) She's (G) no (Am) lon(C)ger (D) there

  There's a (G) new (F) shade of (C) blue 
  (D) There's an(G)other kind of (F) heartbreak to get (C) through (D)
  (Am) Color loneli(C/B)ness (C) with a (D) new shade of (G) blue

(G) (C) (G) (C)

He stared across the desert darkness
Watching taillights fade away
He came this far to learn the hard way
There are some things the miles can't erase
He pulled back on the dusty road
Never look behind
Destination anywhere he won't have to find

(REPEAT CHORUS)

(SOLO)

(Em7) Driving down the (Bm7) dusty road 
(C) Never look be(D)hind
(Em7) Searching for the (Bm7) borderline
(F) Leave (G) this (Am) state (C) of (D) mind

(REPEAT CHORUS)

  (Am) Color loneli(C/B)ness (C) with a (D) new shade of (G) blue (F) (G) (Am) (C) (D) (G)