Key: Am Play riff with capo 5 e|------------------------------------------------| B|--13---13---12---------10----10-----8-----8-----| G|-----5----5-------5-------5------5-----5-----5--| D|------------------------------------------------| A|--12---12---10---------8-----8------7-----7-----| E|------------------------------------------------| 2x e|------------------------------------------------| B|--10---10---8-----8-----6-----6-----5-----5-----| G|-----5----5----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--| D|------------------------------------------------| A|--8----8----7-----7-----5-----5-----7-----7-----| E|------------------------------------------------| 2x
Chords are without capo. For playing with capo 5th fret transpose -5 (to Em). Intro: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E Verse 1: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E One day there was a girl who cried tears of pearls F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E and her eyes were blue and green like none I've ever seen Am G F C/E Am G F C/E And she met a man that night who filled her with delight F C/E Dm7 C/E and he spoke in poetry and rhyme F C/E Dm7 C/E and she loved him in no time Chorus: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E But he changed and then soon he became jealous of her beauty and fame F C/E Dm7 C/E And he locked her away and he forced her to play F C/E Dm7 C/E songs that were blue, songs that were grey yeah, yeah Interlude: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E Verse 2: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E So then this lonely girl had, had enough of her world F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E so she climbed to the top of the tallest tower and stood there for way over an hour Am G F C/E Am G F C/E Until she decided she'd jump, so she jumped with a very loud thump F C/E Dm7 C/E And all of the neighbours, they came out and cried F C/E Dm7 C/E when they discovered that this poor girl had died Am G F C/E Am G F C/E And a boy, he just stood there and gasped at this beauty asleep on the grass F C/E Dm7 C/E Well, her eyes were like none he had seen F C/E Dm7 C/E except for the girls in his dreams Chorus: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E Then he changed and then soon he became depressed and very, very strange F C/E Dm7 C/E He'd lock himself away for days and days F C/E Dm7 C/E and play songs that were blue and play songs that were grey F C/E Dm7 C/E and play songs that reminded him of that day yeah, yeah Interlude: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E Verse 3: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E One day, there was a girl who fell in love with a boy in a different world F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E and she speaks to him at night, only in a certain light Am G F C/E Am G F C/E She wore white when he wore black and they were like a perfect match F C/E Dm7 C/E And though one was dead and one was alive F C/E Dm7 C/E Through many years, their love did survive Chorus: Am G F C/E Am G F C/E 'Til time faded and soon they became both exactly the same F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E and they both are floating in the sky singing their own lullaby F C/E Dm7 C/E of a song of them that reminds them of a past time F C/E Dm7 C/E a song that reminds them of a past day F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E a song that is blue and a song that is grey F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E Dm7 C/E a song that is blue and a song that is grey F C/E Dm7 C/E F C/E D Dm7 a song that is blue, a song that is grey
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