Pale Blue Eyes Guitar Chords

Written by: Lou Reed
Released: 1969 on the album The Velvet Underground
Genre: Rock, proto-punk
Length: 5:43
Label: Verve Records

The song is about a complicated and intense love affair, where happiness and sadness coexist. The lyrics are full of longing and desire, and the pale blue eyes become a symbol of both admiration and longing.

Pale Blue Eyes Chords

[F] Sometimes I feel so happy
[A#] Sometimes I feel so [F] sad
Sometimes I feel so [Dm] happy
But [Gm] mostly you just [A#] make me [F] mad
[A#] Baby, you just [C] make me [F] mad
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes

[F] Thought of you as my mountaintop
[A#] Thought of you as my [F] peak
Thought of you as [Dm] everything
[Gm] I’ve had but [A#] couldn’t [F] keep
[A#] I’ve had but [C] couldn’t [F] keep
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes

[F] If I could make the world as pure
[A#] And strange as what I [F] see
I’d put you in the [Dm] mirror
[Gm] I put in [A#] front of [F] me
[A#] I put in [C] front of [F] me
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes

[F] Skip a life completely
[A#] Stuff it in a [F] cup
She said money is [Dm] like us in time
[Gm] It lies, but [A#] can’t stand [F] up
[A#] Down for [C] you is [F] up
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes

[F] It was good what we did yesterday
[A#] And I’d do it once [F] again
The fact that you are [Dm] married
Only [Gm] proves u r [A#] my best [F] friend
[A#] But it’s [C] truly, truly a [F] sin
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes
Linger [C] on, your pale blue [F] eyes