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Moody Blue

(Mark James)


Copyright Screen Gems - EMI Music Inc.

Original by Mark James in 1974


RCA studio session - February 2-8, 11-12, 1976 - The Jungle Room, Graceland - Memphis

 February 4, 9-12 pm, 12:30 pm-3:30 am, 4-7 am, 7:30-10:30 am

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Overdub sessions for RCA studio - February 15-17, 24, March 24, 1976 - Young 'un Sound Studio - Murfreesboro

 February 15
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February 17
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February 24
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March 24

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December 1976 Single A side RCA PB 10857 Moody Blue / She Thinks I Still Care
July 1977 LP RCA AFL 1 2428 Moody Blue
Overdubbed master without some instruments:
March 6, 2012 CD FTD 506020-975038 Our Memories Of Elvis Vol 1, 2 & 3 - The Pure Elvis Sound
Outtakes:
Takes 1, 6, 8 & 9: December 2013 CD FTD 506020-975052 Moody Blue
Takes 7 (incomplete), 3 (one line) and 5: April 1, 2000 CD FTD 74321 74931-2 CD The Jungle Room Sessions





Version 1          Version 2   



Well it's hard to be a gambler
Betting on a number that changes every time
When you think your gonna win
You think she's giving in
A stranger's all you find
Well its hard to figure out
What she's all about
But she's woman through and through
She's a complicated lady
So colour my baby Moody Blue


* Oh, moody blue, tell me am I getting through
I keep hanging on, tryin' to learn this song but I never do
Oh, moody blue, tell me who I'm talking to
You're like night and day, it's hard to say which one is you


Well when Monday comes she's Tuesday
When Tuesday comes she's Wednesday
And you're another day again
Her personality unwinds just like a ball of twine
On a spool that never ends
Just when I think I know her well
Her emotions reveal she's not the person that I thought I knew
She's a complicated lady
So colour my baby Moody Blue


* Repeat


Oh I'm frettin' 'bout moody blue, Mmm mm


** Oh, moody blue, tell me who I'm talking to
Yeh, like night and day, it's hard to say which one is you


Yeh, moody blue, tell me am I getting through
I keep hanging on, tryin' to learn this song but I never do


** Repeat 



Standard tuning.

Intro: F E D C B A G
           
           C
Well, it's hard to be a gambler, bettin' on the number
     G7
that changes ev'ry time. Well, you think you're gonna win
                        C
Think she's givin' in a stranger's all you find.
                               C7
Yeah, it's hard to figure out, what she's all about. 
             F
That she's a woman through and through.
        G7                                 C          G7
She's a complicated lady, so color my baby moody blue. 
    C                       Dm7
Oh, Moody blue Tell me am I gettin' through.
       G7                                      C        G7
I keep hangin' on, try to learn the song but I never do.
    C                           Dm7
Oh, Moody blue, tell me who I'm talkin' to.
                G7                     
You're like the night and day and it's hard to say, 
      C
which one is you.
Middleplay: F E D C B A G
           C
Well, when Monday comes she's Tuesday, when Tuesday comes she's Wednesday,
G7
Into another day again. Her personality unwinds Just like a ball of twine,
     C
on a spool that never ends. Just when I think I know her well
    C7                             F
her emotions reveal, she's not the person that I though I knew.
        G7                                 C
She's a complicated lady, so color my baby moody blue. 
    C                       Dm7
Oh, Moody blue Tell me am I gettin' through.
       G7                                      C        G7
I keep hangin' on, try to learn the song but I never do.
    C                           Dm7
Oh, Moody blue, tell me who I'm talkin' to.
                G7                     
You're like the night and day and it's hard to say, 
      C
which one is you.
    C                       Dm7
Oh, Moody blue Tell me am I gettin' through.
       G7                                      C        G7
I keep hangin' on, try to learn the song but I never do.
    C                           Dm7
Oh, Moody blue, tell me who I'm talkin' to.
                G7                     
You're like the night and day and it's hard to say, 
      C
which one is you.
                Dm7                    G7
You're like the night and day and it's hard to say, 
      C
which one is you.
Outro: F E D C B A G C