Chords with lyrics
Intro: C majorC | | FF A minorAm | | | C majorC | | FF A minorAm | |
Verse: 1
C majorC FF A minorAm
I am the colour of an autumn flurry of leaves in a breeze for you
DmDm A minorAm G+G FF
And I am a study in hues of grey and the blue of a broken day for you
C majorC FF A minorAm
Oh the hurry, the press of your body in the embers of an afternoon
DmDm A minorAm G+G DmDm G+G
Now I spend my money on something stupid, trying to believe I belong to you
G+G C majorC FF
Oh when the colours go, when the colours go they won't come back
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
You strip me right, you strip them right out so maybe you would welcome that
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
And I don't know where your colours go, but if your colours go I won't come back
C majorC FF E minorEm G+G
I won't come back, but maybe you would welcome that
Interlude: C majorC | | FF A minorAm | | FF C majorC | | FF A minorAm | | |
Verse: 2
C majorC FF A minorAm
Oh we linger in the cold comfort of each other in your bedroom
DmDm A minorAm G+G DmDm
And we are the colour of something borrowed, trying to believe we're something new
G+G C majorC FF
And oh when the colours go, when the colours go they won't come back
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
You strip me right, you strip them right out so maybe you would welcome that
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
And I don't know where your colours go, but when your colours go I won't come back
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
You strip me right, you strip me right out so maybe you would welcome that
C majorC FF E minorEm G+G
I won't come back, but maybe you would welcome that
Bridge
Bb majorBb A minorAm C majorC FF F/E
And in this garden we were barely kept
Bb majorBb A minorAm D MajorD D MajorD
So maybe more should be less
FF E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD C majorC C majorC
We're only antique blooms, on an unmade bed
G+G C majorC FF
And oh when your colours go, when your colours go I won't come back
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
You strip me right, you strip them right out so maybe you would welcome that
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
And I don't know where your colours go, but when your colours go they won't come back
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
You strip me right, you strip me right out so maybe you would welcome that
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
And I don't know where your colours go, but when your colours go they won't come back
C majorC FF E minorEm G+G
They don't come back, and maybe you would welcome that
Interlude: C majorC | | FF A minorAm | | FF C majorC | | FF A minorAm | | |
Outro
C majorC FF A minorAm
And I am the colour of an autumn flurry of leaves in a breeze for you
DmDm A minorAm G+G C majorC
And I am a study in hues of grey and the blue of a broken day for you