Counting Crows - Perfect Blue Buildings: Ukulele Chords

Learn to play "Perfect Blue Buildings" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Perfect Blue Buildings ukulele chords and lyrics

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Perfect Blue Buildings" smoothly on your ukulele.

Dm              C             A#     Am  C
Just down the street from your hotel, baby.
Dm         C             A#
I stay at home with my disease.
Dm              C          A#     Am  C
And ain't this position familiar, darlin'?
Dm                 C            A#
Well, all monkeys do what they see.
G                        A#
Help me stay awake, I'm fallin'...

Down on Virginia and La Loma
Where I got friends who'll care for me
You got an attitude of everything I ever wanted
I got an attitude of need
So help me stay awake, I'm falling

Chorus:
F          C            Gm
Asleep in perfect blue buildings,
F            C          Gm
Beside the green apple sea,
F               C       Gm       A#
Gonna get me a little oblivion, baby,
F                  C    A#        Dm
And try to keep myself away from me.

It's 4:30 a.m. on a Tuesday
It doesn't get much worse than this
In beds in little rooms, in buildings in the middle
Of these lives which are completely meaningless
Help me stay awake, I'm falling

Chorus:
Asleep in perfect blue buildings
Beside the green apple sea
I wanna get me a little oblivion, baby
I'm trying to keep myself away from myself and me

Well, I got bones beneath my skin, mister
There's a skeleton in every man's house
Beneath the dust and love and sweat
that hangs on everybody
There's a dead man trying to get out
So please help me stay awake, I'm falling

Chorus:
Asleep in perfect blue buildings
Beside the green apple sea
I wanna get me a little oblivion, baby
I'm trying to keep myself away from myself and me

Asleep in perfect blue buildings
Beside the green apple sea
I wanna get me a little oblivion, baby
I'm trying to keep myself away from myself and me

Oh, in a perfect blue building
Well, I can't keep myself away from me
In a perfect blue building
So how am I gonna keep myself away?

How am I gonna keep myself away from me?
Keep myself away
How am I gonna keep myself away from me?
Keep myself away
How am I gonna keep myself away from me?

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Ukulele Chord Diagrams

Am

Ukulele chord Am

A#

Ukulele chord A#

C

Ukulele chord C

Dm

Ukulele chord Dm

F

Ukulele chord F

G

Ukulele chord G

Gm

Ukulele chord Gm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele 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 "Perfect Blue Buildings" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Perfect Blue Buildings" by Counting Crows.