Iggy Pop - Turn Blue: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Turn Blue" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
Gm F See a black Eldorado C Oh, rolling along down below my window D That black girl in the back looks pretty good C Christ! She's beautiful F You know how soft she is G C Just what you feel like Oh, I'm so far away from her Jesus this is Iggy C D G You, you might as well come with me, When you ride the ride D G There's talk and I don't wanna talk C D G Oh mamma, I shot myself down Oh mamma, I shot myself down Oh mamma, I shot myself down Oh mamma, yeah mamma, I tell you, I shot myself down A# They're stepping on our hearts Stepping on our hearts F Fm D# D#m I don't know why they're stepping on our hearts Damn, I don't know why A# Stepping on our hearts Stepping on our hearts Stepping on our hearts Cm Stepping on our hearts F Stepping on our hearts D# A# Can't you see, oh no, Stepping on our hearts How come the blacks, how come they They copy you so good? They get off on you so... sexually! If you want to make it Young man, you got to make somebody come Come out of your black Come out of your black Black and strong and black Black and strong and black Black! Strong! Black! Jesus, it's cold in this room, it's really cold You know, I never, I never told you about this but there's one guy Somebody I really love, he's never around Well, he's taken things that could be alright, that could be nice And he make them so ugly, so damn ugly And we put out the lights on them Yeah, we'd make it dark, we put out the lights on them It's idiots like you that screw me up I know there's nothing to you And I don't know why I treat you so kind Come down and dance with me, dance with me You got nobody left but me Oh accept me, don't reject me, don't forget me Mamma, what color will the lights be? Will they turn blue on me? Mamma, what color will the lights be? Will they turn blue on me? Mamma, I shot myself up Whoa mamma, I shot myself up Mamma, I shot myself up up up up up Mamma, I shot myself up, down, up, down Mamma, up up up up up Mamma, I didn't know what I was doing And I didn't mean to but I did it, I shot myself up Ma- ma- I- shot- my- self- You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA#  C  Cm  D  D#  D#m  F  Fm  G  Gm  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Turn Blue" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Turn Blue" by Iggy Pop.