Color Me Once chords by Violent Femmes

Key: Dm

🎸 Intro:

Dm  Am  Gm  Dm     Am  Gm  Dm
Gm  Dm



🎸 Verse 1:
Dm
Color me once, color me twice
Dm
Everything gonna turn out nice
Gm                          Gm
Everlasting arms, you gotta keep me from these false alarms

🎸 Verse 2:
Dm
Alarm, alarm I see you so sad
Dm
Ring, ring I see you
I'm glad
Gm               Dm
Maybe, maybe the fire of her desire

🎸 Verse 3:
Dm
Patience, patience, said the man
Dm
Patience, patience
I can't understand
Gm
Patience like a man to a wife
      Dm
I got patience on my neck like a cold, cold knife

🎸 Verse 4:
Dm
I say Jack be nimble
Jack fall dead
Dm
Jack bend over and give Jilly head
Gm            Dm
Oh, you gotta help my body heal my soul

Guitar 🎸 Solo:
Dm    Gm  Dm N.C.

🎸 Verse 5:
Dm
Dead men working a sinner, a saint
Dm
Mixing up a pail of paint
Gm
Painted the house, black as night
Dm
When the sun came up, the house was white

🎸 Verse 6:
Dm                 Am
Gotta go on, gotta go on
         Gm         Dm
We gotta go on, you gotta go on
    Gm
You gotta go on
Am
Go on
Gm
Go on
Dm
Try and live life like I couldn't

🎸 Outro:
Dm     Gm  Dm     Gm  Dm
Am  Gm  Dm    Am  Gm  Dm