Blue Heaven chords by The Pogues

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Alligators snap at your ankles
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And  (F major) branches snap at your brain  (G major) 
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If I  (C major) ever get through this swamp alive
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I'll  (F major) nevermore pray for rain  (G major) 

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Verse 2

This must be the place

And still it somehow don't

seem right

Something in the moon could change

These endless days to lonely

nights

Verse 3

I take a stroll down by the sea

And walk along the pier

Then I slip and hit my head

Now's the time to fear

Verse 4

I see the surface, see the rocks

See my past fly swiftly by

I feel the water in my lungs

And wake up screaming for my life

Verse 5
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 (C major) In my blue heaven
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There's a  (F major) bottle of
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Pontchartrain  (G major) 
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 (C major) Chalmette by moonlight
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To take  (F major) away the pain  (G major) 

Verse 6
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 (G major) Card sharks and  (C major) blue  (F major) harps
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And dolphins who  (C major) leap
In my blue heaven
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Where  (F major) I  can laugh and I  (G major) can weep
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 (C major) 

Verse 7
Black shapes zip into corners
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The  (F major) big lads start to crawl  (G major) 
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To  (C major) holes of their own making
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In the cracks  (F major) within the wall  (G major) 

Verse 8

Snakes and rats and spiders

I know that they're still there

I pray to God that I may sleep

Without a hope, without a care

Verse 9
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 (C major) In my blue heaven
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There's a  (F major) bottle of
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Pontchartrain  (G major) 
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 (C major) Chalmette by moonlight
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To take  (F major) away the pain  (G major) 

Verse 10
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 (C major) Felines  (G major) and  (C major) sea lion (F major) s
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And rain on the  (G major) beach
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 (C major) In my blue heaven
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With  (F major) angels who aren't  (G major) out of reach
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 (C major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 11
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 (C major) In my blue heaven
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There's a  (F major) bottle of
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Pontchartrain  (G major) 
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Chalmette  (C major) by moonlight
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To take  (F major) away the pain  (G major) 

Verse 12
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 (C major) Nightin (G major) gales  (C major) sing
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 (F major) And the bells they will  (G major) ring
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 (C major) In my blue heaven
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The  (F major) bells of Hell
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Go  (G major) ding a ling a ling

Outro 1
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