Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: DmDm
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
Dsus2Dsus2
On a beach twenty yards from the roadside
Dsus2Dsus2
Back again 6 AM far from sleep
Dsus2Dsus2
Must be 290 blue on the water
Dsus2Dsus2
It's gray to me 3 CV is all I see
Chorus:
G minorGm Bb majorBb DmDm
Green can only hold you in the garden
G minorGm A augmentedA DmDm
Too much red will go right to your head
G minorGm Bb majorBb
But if it's all the same to you
DmDm FF
Give me back my blue
G minorGm A augmentedA DmDm
Other colors fade anyway
Verse 1:
DmDm FF G/BG/B C majorC
I'm colorblind three way tragedy
DmDm FF C majorC
Pantone memory grayscale eyes
DmDm FF G/BG/B C majorC
Maybe I'm paranoid yeah that's my problem
DmDm C majorC
You almost have to be when you look like me, yeah, yeah
Interlude:
DmDm FF DmDm FF G+G G minorGm
Bridge:
DmDm
Stopped in the shade of a road sign
C majorC
When the sun rose like a bomb
G+G
Tried to read the simple writing
G minorGm
But the letters came out wrong
DmDm
It's all white lines to me
C majorC
Oh, but things are getting clearer
Bb majorBb C majorC
I can almost read the writing in the mirror
Verse 2:
DmDm FF G/BG/B C majorC
I'm colorblind three way tragedy
DmDm FF C majorC
Pantone memory grayscale eyes
DmDm FF G/BG/B C majorC
Maybe I'm paranoid yeah that's my problem
DmDm C majorC
You almost have to be when you look like me, yeah, yeah
Interlude:
DmDm FF G/BG/B C majorC
DmDm FF G/BG/B C majorC FF
D5D5 Am/C G+G G minorGm
D5D5 Am/C G+G G minorGm
Chorus:
G minorGm Bb majorBb DmDm
Green can only hold you in the garden
G minorGm A augmentedA DmDm
Too much red will go right to your head
G minorGm Bb majorBb
But if it's all the same to you
DmDm FF
Give me back my blue
G minorGm A augmentedA DmDm
Other colors fade anyway
Verse 3:
DmDm FF G/BG/B C majorC
I'm colorblind freeway tragedy
DmDm FF C majorC
Pantone memory x-ray eyes
DmDm FF G/BG/B C majorC
Where'd all the color go on my radio?
DmDm C majorC
You almost have to be a satellite to see, yeah, yeah, yeah