Shades Of Grey chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Intro:
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD G+G C majorC
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba
    D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD G+G C majorC
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba
    D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!

Verse 1:
E minorEm     D MajorD           C majorC
Some things were perfectly clear,
       B minorBm    E minorEm
seen with the vision of youth
E minorEm      D MajorD         C majorC
No doubts and nothing to fear,
       B minorBm    E minorEm
I claimed the corner on truth
E minorEm     D MajorD          C majorC
These days it's harder to say
      B minorBm      E minorEm
I know what I'm fighting for
E minorEm     D MajorD        C majorC
My faith is falling away
       G+G
I'm not that sure anymore

Riff:
G+G C majorC DsusDsus  G+G
G MajorG C majorC E minorEm  D MajorD G+G

Chorus 1:
 G+G    C majorC    E minorEm   D MajorD
Shades of grey wherever I go
  G+G   C majorC      D MajorD      E minorEm
The more I find out the less that I know
G+G     C majorC     E minorEm      D MajorD
Black and white is how it should be
   G+G    C majorC      D MajorD    E MajorE
But shades of grey are the colors I see

Bridge:
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD G+G C majorC
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba
    D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD G+G C majorC
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba
    D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!

Verse 2:
E minorEm     D MajorD           C majorC
Once there were trenches and walls
     B minorBm      E minorEm
and one point of every view
E minorEm      D MajorD        C majorC
Fight 'til the other man falls
      B minorBm      E minorEm
Kill him before he kills you
E minorEm    D MajorD            C majorC
These days the edges are blurred,
      B minorBm    E minorEm
I'm old and tired of war
E minorEm     D MajorD         C majorC
I hear the other man's words
       G+G
I'm not that sure anymore

Riff:
G+G C majorC DsusDsus  G+G
G MajorG C majorC E minorEm  D MajorD G+G

Chorus 2:
 G+G    C majorC    E minorEm   D MajorD
Shades of grey are all that I find
 G+G  C majorC      D MajorD   E minorEm
When I look to the enemy line
G+G     C majorC      E minorEm    D MajorD
Black and white was so easy for me
   G+G    C majorC      D MajorD    E MajorE
But shades of grey are the colors I see

Bridge:
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD G+G C majorC
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba
    D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD G+G C majorC
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba
    D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!

Verse 3:
E minorEm      D MajorD        C majorC
Now with the wisdom of years
     B minorBm      E minorEm
I try to reason things out
E minorEm      D MajorD       C majorC
And the only people I fear
       B minorBm     E minorEm
are those who never have doubts
E minorEm        D MajorD       C majorC
Save us all from arrogant men,
      B minorBm       E minorEm
and all the causes they're for
E minorEm    D MajorD        C majorC
I won't be righteous again
       G+G
I'm not that sure anymore

Chorus 3:
 G+G    C majorC    E minorEm   D MajorD
Shades of grey are all that I find
  G+G   C majorC    D MajorD   E minorEm
When I look to the enemy line
G+G       C majorC    E minorEm     D MajorD
There ain't no rainbows shining on me
  G+G   C majorC      D MajorD    E MajorE
Shades of grey are the colors I see

Chorus 4:
 G+G    C majorC    E minorEm   D MajorD
Shades of grey wherever I go
  G+G   C majorC      D MajorD      E minorEm
The more I find out the less that I know
G+G       C majorC    E minorEm     D MajorD
There ain't no rainbows shining on me
G+G     C majorC      D MajorD    E MajorE
Shades of grey are the colors I see

Epic Guitar Embellishment:

Outro:
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD G+G C majorC
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba
    D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7  D MajorD G+G C majorC
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba
    D MajorD B minorBm    E minorEm
Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!