Chords with lyrics
Intro:
Dm7Dm7 FF Bb majorBb
Verse:
Dm7Dm7 FF
There's a noise upstairs in the attic,
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
It's the shuffle of worn out shoes.
Dm7Dm7 FF
And the scent of the oil and brushes,
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
Drifts down like a pale perfume.
Chorus:
C minorCm
And he says, "I...
AbAb
I am a man
G minorGm
A augmentedA Simple man,
Eb MajorEb Ebadd9Ebadd9
.. A augmentedA man of colours.
C minorCm
And I can see
AbAb
See through the years
Gm7Gm7
Years of a man,
Eb MajorEb
.. A augmentedA man of colours"
Verse:
Dm7Dm7 FF
And the old man rubs his failing eyes,
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
Takes a moment to watch the view.
Dm7Dm7 FF
From a window nobody knows he's there,
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
He can see the empty street below.
Chorus:
C minorCm
And he says, "I...
AbAb
I am a man
G minorGm
A augmentedA Simple man,
Eb MajorEb Ebadd9Ebadd9
.. A augmentedA man of colours.
C minorCm
And I can see
AbAb
See through the years
G minorGm
Years of a man,
Eb MajorEb F7F7
.. A augmentedA man of colours"
Instrumental:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb G minorGm Eb MajorEb
Verse:
Dm7Dm7 FF
He says, "I keep my life in this paintbox
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
I keep your face in these picture frames
Dm7Dm7 FF
When I speak to the empty canvas... It tells me...
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
I have no need for words anyway... "
Chorus:
C minorCm
And he says, "I...
AbAb
I am a man
G minorGm
A augmentedA Simple man,
Eb MajorEb Ebadd9Ebadd9
.. A augmentedA man of colours.
C minorCm
And I can see
AbAb
See through these tears
G minorGm
Tears of a man,
Eb MajorEb F7F7
.. A augmentedA man of colours"
C minorCm
And he says, "I...
AbAb
I am a man
G minorGm
A augmentedA Simple man,
Eb MajorEb Ebadd9Ebadd9
.. A augmentedA man of colours.
C minorCm
And I can see
AbAb
See through the years
Gm7Gm7
Years of a man,
Eb MajorEb F7F7
.. A augmentedA man of colours"