Tabs
Mark Hollis - The Colour of Spring
Transcribed 05/07/98 by Mike Garoghan
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A augmentedA lovely song, that works surprisingly well as an acoustic guitar piece.
Throw away your plectrum and please check out the tab chord diagrams.
Nothing is straight forward with this transcription.
For the solo part I have added a tab diagram.
Chords
A augmentedA -x0765x
AsusAsus -x0775x
G+G -3x543x
D/F#D/F# -2xx232
C majorC -x3555x
B minorBm -x2432x
D/AD/A -x0x232
Dsus/A-x0x233
Bb majorBb -x13331
Bbsus -x1331x
Dmaj7Dmaj7 -xx0(11)(10)9
@ The Colour of Spring
A augmentedA AsusAsus A augmentedA AsusAsus
A augmentedA AsusAsus
Forget our ....
A augmentedA AsusAsus
The Pedlar .....
A augmentedA AsusAsus
Set up to ..........
G+G D/F#D/F#
I've lived a ......................
A augmentedA AsusAsus A augmentedA AsusAsus
A augmentedA AsusAsus
And yet I'll ....
A augmentedA AsusAsus
The colour .........
A augmentedA AsusAsus
Immerse in that ... .......
G+G D/F#D/F#
Left in love ..............
C majorC
Soar the .........
B minorBm D/AD/A Dsus/A D/AD/A Dsus/A
That I Burnt ......
Bb majorBb Bbsus C majorC Dmaj7Dmaj7
One song ...........
Solo:::::::
E:----------------------------------------]
B:--8--7---3--2---1--0--------------------]
G:------------------------------5--8------]
D:--7--5---2--0----------5--4-------------]
A:----------------0---------5---4--7------]
E:-------------------3---0----------------]
E:----------------------------------------]
B:--------------------8--7---3--2---1--0--]
G:9--12---8--5----------------------------]
D:--------------------7--5---2--0---------]
A:8--11---7--4----------------------0-----]
E:-------------------------------------3--]
E:----------------------------------------]
B:--8---------6----------8---------6------]
G:--5---------5----------5---------5------]
D:----------------------------------------]
A:------------4--------------------4------]
E:--4--------------------4----------------]
E:---------------4----------2-------------]
B:---5-----------5----------3---------5---]
G:---5-----------4----------2---------5---]
D:---3--------------------------------5---]
A:---------------0--------------------3---]
E:--------------------------3-------------]
C majorC
Soar the .........
B minorBm D/AD/A Dsus/A D/AD/A Dsus/A
That I ............
Bb majorBb Bbsus C majorC Dmaj7Dmaj7 BMaj7Bmaj7 Amaj7Amaj7
One song among us all
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**Intro and first part of verse**
E:--------------------------------------
B:-5-----5-5------5-5------5-5------5-5-
G:-6-----6-7------7-6------6-7------7-6-
D:-7-----7-7------7-7------7-7------7-7-
A:-0--00-0-0---00-0-0---00-0-0---00-0-0-
E:--------------------------------------
**2nd part of verse**
~Wealth to bring
E------------2--2----2------------------------
B---3--3----33--3----35-----55------55------55
G---4--4----42--2----26-----67------76------67
D---5--5----5---------7-----77------77------77
A---------------------0--00-00---00-00---00-00
E---3--3----32--2----2------------------------
Final part of verse and reprise at end
~Soar the bridges
E-----------------2-----23--2-0------------------9--
B-5-----5-3-----3-3-----33--3-3--3--1----5--5----10-
G-5-----5-4-----4-2-----22--2-2--3--3----5--5----11-
D-5-----5-4-----4-------00--0-0--3--3----5--5----0--
A-3--33-3-2--22-2-0--00----------1--1----3--3-------
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