Thin Blue Flame
Josh RitterVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I became a thin blue wire
That held the world above the fire
And so it was I saw behind
Heavens just a thin blue line
If Gods up there hes in a cold dark room
The heavenly host are just the cold dark moons
He bent down and made the world in seven days
And ever since hes been awalking away
Mixing with nitrogen in lonely holes
Where neither seraphim or raindrops go
I see an old man wandering the halls alone
Only a full house gonna make a home C
I became a thin blue stream
The smoke between asleep and dreams
And in that clear blue undertow
I saw Royal City far below
Borders soft with refugees
Streets aswimming with amputees
Its a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart
Its getting harder and harder to tell them apart
Days are nights and the nights are long
Beating hearts blossom into walking bombs
And those still looking in the clear blue sky for a sign
Get missiles from so high they might as well be divine
Now the wolves are howling at our door
Singing bout vengeance like its the joy of the Lord
Bringing justice to the enemies not the other way round
Theyre guilty when killed and theyre killed where theyre found
If whats loosed on earth will be loosed up on high
Its a Hell of a Heaven we must go to when we die
Where even Laurel begs Hardy for vengeance please
The fat man is crying on his hands and his knees
Back in the peacetime he caught roses on the stage
Now he twists indecision takes bourbon for rage
Lead pellets peppering aluminum
Halcyon, laudanum and Opium
Sings kiss thee hardy this poisoned cup
His winding sheet is busy winding up
In darkness he looks for the light that has died
But you need faith for the same reasons that its so hard to find
And this whole thing is headed for a terrible wreck
And like good tragedy thats what we expect
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At night I make plans for a city laid down
Like the hips of a girl on the spring covered ground
Spirals and capitals like the twist of a script
Streets named for heroes that could almost exist
The fruit trees of Eden and the gardens that seem
To float like the smoke from a lithium dream
Cedar trees growing in the cool of the squares
The young women walking in the portals of prayer
And the future glass buildings and the past an address
And the weddings in pollen and the wine bottomless
And all wrongs forgotten and all vengeance made right
The suffering verbs put to sleep in the night
The future descending like a bright chandelier
And the world just beginning and the guests in good cheer
In Royal City I fell into a trance
Oh its hell to believe there aint a hell of a chance
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I woke beneath a clear blue sky
The sun a shout the breeze a sigh
My old hometown and the streets I knew
Were wrapped up in a royal blue
I heard my friends laughing out across the fields
The girls in the gloaming and the birds on the wheel
The raw smell of horses and the warm smell of hay
Cicadas electric in the heat of the day
A run of Three Sisters and the flush of the land
And the lake was a diamond in the valleys hand
The straight of the highway and the scattered out hearts
They were coming together they pulling apart
And angels everywhere were in my midst
In the ones that I loved in the ones that I kissed
I wondered what it was Id been looking for up above
Heaven is so big there aint no need to look up
So I stopped looking for royal cities in the air
Only a full house gonna have a prayer
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Readable chord sheet for Thin Blue Flame by Josh Ritter
[C]I became a thin blue wire[F] That held the world above the fire And so it was I saw behind Heavens just a thin blue line If Gods up there h[Am]es in a cold dark room The heavenly host are just the[C] cold dark moons He bent down and made the wo[F]rld in seven days And ever since hes been awa[C]lking away Mixing with nitrogen in lonely holes Where neither seraphim or raindrops go I see an old man wandering the halls alone Only a full house gonna make a home C [C]I became a thin blue strea[F]m The smoke between asleep and dreams And in that clear blue undertow I saw Royal City far below Borders soft with re[Am]fugees Streets aswimming with [C]amputees Its a Bible or a bullet they[F] put over your heart Its getting harder and harder[C] to tell them apart Days are nights and the nights are long Beating hearts blossom into walking bombs And those still looking in the clear blue sky for a sign Get missiles from so high they might as well be divine Now the wolves are howling at our door Singing bout vengeance like its the joy of the Lord Bringing justice to the enemies not the other way round Theyre guilty when killed and theyre killed where theyre found If whats loosed on earth will be loosed up on high Its a Hell of a Heaven we must go to when we die Where even Laurel begs Hardy for vengeance please The fat man is crying on his hands and his knees Back in the peacetime he caught roses on the stage Now he twists indecision takes bourbon for rage Lead pellets peppering aluminum Halcyon, laudanum and Opium Sings kiss thee hardy this poisoned cup His winding sheet is busy winding up In darkness he looks for the light that has died But you need faith for the same reasons that its so hard to find And this whole thing is headed for a terrible wreck And like good tragedy thats what we expect [C] [F] x4 At night I m[Am]ake plans for a city laid down Like the hips of a girl on the s[C]pring covered ground Spirals and capitals like the twis[F]t of a script Streets named for heroes that could[C] almost exist The fruit trees of Eden and the gardens that seem To float like the smoke from a lithium dream Cedar trees growing in the cool of the squares The young women walking in the portals of prayer And the future glass buildings and the past an address And the weddings in pollen and the wine bottomless And all wrongs forgotten and all vengeance made right The suffering verbs put to sleep in the night The future descending like a bright chandelier And the world just beginning and the guests in good cheer In Royal City I fell into a trance Oh its hell to believe there aint a hell of a chance [Am] [C] [F] [C] x2 [C] [F] x2 [C]I woke beneath a clear blue sky[F] The sun a shout the breeze a sigh My old hometown and the streets I knew Were wrapped up in a royal blue I heard my friends laughing out[Am] across the fields The girls in the gloaming and the [C]birds on the wheel The raw smell of horses and the wa[F]rm smell of hay Cicadas electric in the heat [C]of the day A run of Three Sisters and the flush of the land And the lake was a diamond in the valleys hand The straight of the highway and the scattered out hearts They were coming together they pulling apart And angels everywhere were in my midst In the ones that I loved in the ones that I kissed I wondered what it was Id been looking for up above Heaven is so big there aint no need to look up So I stopped looking for royal cities in the air Only a full house gonna have a prayer [Am] [C] [F] [C] x6 end [Am]