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Tabbed By Rekon (First Tab)
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Placebo
Blue American
Standard Tuning Sounds As Good 99% correct sound
E---------------------------
B---------------------------
G--3-3-3-----------3-3-3----
D--3-3-3---4-4-4---3-3-3--4-
A--1-1-1---4-4-4---1-1-1--4-
E----------2-2-2----------2-
E----------------
B----------------
G--3-3-3--------- X3
D--3-3-3---4-4-4-
A--1-1-1---4-4-4-
E----------2-2-2-
E---------------------------
B---------------------------
G---------------------------
D--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4---
A--2-2-2--4-4-4--2-2-2--4---
E--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2---
E----------------
B----------------
G--3-3-3--------- X3
D--3-3-3---4-4-4-
A--1-1-1---4-4-4-
E----------2-2-2-
E---------------
B---------------
G---------------
D--4-4-4--4-4-4- X4
A--2-2-2--4-4-4-
E--2-2-2--2-2-2-
Repeat Thats It Sound good
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Cicely aka Icic Badass |
#1 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Jan 21, 1970 at 6:12 PM EST |
| Saddest song ever: I wrote this novel just for you It sounds pretentious but it's true I wrote this novel just for you That's why it's vulgar That's why it's blue And I say, thank you And I say, thank you its about dedicating your life(novel) to someone, only to get crushed by them, but you've already wasted too much time to re-write it. cause remember the authors usually at the start of novels write "this book is dedicated to-" I wrote this novel just for Mom For all the mommy things she's done For all the times she showed me wrong For all the time she sang god's song And I say thank you Mom Hello Mom Thank you Mom Hi Mom its about his mother land(america) and how its seen as wrong to be gay, and that gays have no rights.and the church doesnt accept homosexuals and all that. I read a book about Uncle Tom Where a whitey bastard made a bomb But now Ebonics rule our song Those motherfuckers got it wrong And I ask Who is uncle Tom? Who is uncle Tom? Who is uncle Tom? You are there's a book called 'uncle tom' as stated before. this verse is defenatly aout all the racisim in america. I read a book about the self Said I should get expensive help Go fix my head Create some wealth Put my neurosis on the shelf But I don't care for myself I don't care for myself I don't care for myself I don't care its abot how self help books don't work, and they all just end up telling you to go to a psychiatrist, which are really expensive. and half the self help books are written by psychiatrists. | |
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nathan Average |
#2 by nathan skidmore at Mar 14, 1972 at 8:43 PM EST |
| Virginmega.com: In “Blue American” you threw in the character of your mom, but it was your dad who was American. The song possesses a lot of self-loathing about American culture and its' racism. Is that what you meant it to do? Molko: Absolutely, totally. You hit the nail on the head. Three and a half minutes of self-disgust American style. ..that comes from an interview. | |
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Matthew Average |
#3 by Matthew Spencer at Sep 14, 1980 at 3:37 AM EST |
| About some slavery, yes, "uncle tom" referencing "uncle tom's cabin" Also saying that self-help books are ineffective. | |
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Damien Wanna Be |
#4 by Damien Pritchard at Feb 5, 1989 at 4:41 AM EST |
| for me i kinda feel lwhen i hear this song that it's a blunt way to say what i feel inside.very tired from all the shit round u and the negativity ur trapped in with urself. the weakness,the blind eyes that are wide open but just do not wana see. one of the best placebo songs to me..also like black eyed and drag | |
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Daniel Average |
#5 by Daniel Johnson at Dec 17, 1999 at 3:05 AM EST |
| Despite's Brian Molko's interpretation... I have a certain fondness of the last verse because it connects with me... I read a book about the self Said I should get expensive help Go fix my head Create some wealth Put my neurosis on the shelf But I don't care for myself I don't care for myself I don't care for myself I don't care I wrote this novel just for you I'm so pretentious, yes it's true I wrote this novel just for you Just for you Just for you The writing the novel just for 'you' means that you're writing a novel just for the person you love and it's 'so pretentious' because the singer is in doubt that the love is return and the suffering this causes makes it unhealthy for the singer and that people tell the singer that it would be easier to move on but the singer says that they 'don't care about myself' because they are still determined to love the person they're in love with. That's how I see it at least... | |
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Justin Rhythm Player |
#6 by Justin Lepera at Jun 14, 2002 at 2:45 PM EST |
| Pure and utter disgust . American style . It's just someone who's at such a low point in their life that they're hitting out at everything and anything . I think the person who inhabits that song is disgusted by the fact that he's human and feels weighed down by that. It's called Blue American simply because it has references to slavery in America . It's also interesting because Blue American is also drug dealers speak for Viagra and Valium - Brian Molko | |
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!Ace Rhythm Player |
#7 by !Ace Youngs at Nov 9, 2004 at 12:19 AM EST |
| i agree, its just showing all of the hate and depression thats behind all of that American spirit, the real American dream | |
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Carly Average |
#8 by Carly at Jun 5, 2006 at 6:58 AM EST |
| I don't know much about Brian Molko's back ground but if what greengirl27 is true, then i think he's kind of having a go at his mum and saying that everything she preached to him about christianity isn't true. Because in Uncle Tom's Cabin they were all Christian, and the white people believed they were superior because somehow they managed to interpret the Bible as saying that they were. Ebonics is a type of English spoken by some African-Americans. So by saying it rules our song, to me is saying that now everyone has realised black people are just as equal as white people and that the motherfuckers got it wrong. I dnt quite understand how the last verse fits it though. great song anywayz. | |
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