Colombian Fireworks chords by There Will Be Fireworks

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: E MajorE

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD            (Starts at 0:20)
B minorBm           (0:30)
G+G            (0:41)
B minorBm           (0:51)
D MajorD            (1:06)



🎸 Verse 1:        (Starts at 1:17)
D MajorD            A augmentedA
Red-eyed and desperately sad
D MajorD          D*
A augmentedA girl in Colombia whispered to Cason
D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD      D*      G+G
"My sister is dead, my sister whose life was mine. What can I do "

🎸 Verse 2:        (Starts at 1:17)
      A augmentedA            G+G       A augmentedA
Cason took her trembling hands and warmed them between his own.
 G+G         A augmentedA
"Water and ice," he said
G+G     A augmentedA
His eyes shining. "Ice and water."


🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD     A augmentedA        D MajorD         D*
Cason sat up with her all night. He pointed out that
D MajorD           A augmentedA             D MajorD
At the festival tomorrow the Medellín night shall be a huge canvas
D*
For there will be fireworks
G+G       A augmentedA
And they will light up your eyes
G+G          A augmentedA
And you will feel more alive than ever before
G+G      A augmentedA
Just as your sister would wish for you.


🎸 Verse 3:
G+G      A augmentedA        B minorBm       A augmentedA
Proud as she finally, gently settled down to sleep
D MajorD         G+G      B minorBm  A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
In the pre-dawn quiet, he wrote her a poem.

🎸 Verse 4:
 G+G   A augmentedA  G+G   A augmentedA
A majorA clock
a candle
G+G    A augmentedA         G+G
The moon is finished grieving
A augmentedA
The hour brightens.


🎸 Outro:          (starts 2:19)
D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2  D MajorD   Dsus4Dsus4
D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2  D MajorD   Dsus4Dsus4
D MajorD   Dsus2Dsus2  D MajorD   Dsus4Dsus4
D MajorD
G+G


Chords Instructions:

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