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At the Am chords, especially in the intro, it's nice to add a little riff on the G string:
G |-2--2-2-2-4-2-0-2--|
In the last bar of the line while you're playing the chord.
The chords are exactly the same throughout, so I only bothered to write them in 
for the first couple of verses.
Enjoy!
Capo at 2
Intro:
 Em- - -
 Em   G   Am-
 Em   G   C-
 Em   G   Am-
 Em   G   D-
EmSweep up, little sweeper boGy, it's you who's got the wig Amon here
EmSweep up, little sweeper bGoy, sweep upC  
EmYellow is the color oGf my true love's Amcrossbow
EmYellow is the color Gof the sunD  
EmAnd black is the color of a Gstrangled Amrainbow
EmThat's the color oGf my lossC  
EmBlack is the color of Gmy true love's Amarrow
EmJust the color of Ghuman bloodD  
You got a shot of shampoo 
Though it was made thirty years ago
Yeah you still got a shot of shampoo
Though you were made twenty years ago
(Harmonica solo, same chords repeat)
Speak up, little sweeper boy, they are hard of hearing
Anything that anyone has to say
I say yellow is the color of my true love's crossbow
Yellow like the color of the sun
Well black is the color of a strangled rainbow
Just the color of my loss
Black is the color of my true love's arrow
Exactly the color of my blood   
But I don't want to die I'll ever die tomorrow maybe
Above a near perfect square of sky
You are worth your weight in gold, you are worth your weight in sorrow baby
Though you will never know why

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Shampoo

by Elvis Perkins

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

At the Am chords, especially in the intro, it's nice to add a little riff on the G string:

G |-2--2-2-2-4-2-0-2--|

In the last bar of the line while you're playing the chord.

The chords are exactly the same throughout, so I only bothered to write them in

for the first couple of verses.

Enjoy!

Capo at 2

Intro:

- - -

Em G Am

Em G C

Em G Am

Em G D

Em G Am

Sweep up, little sweeper boy, it's you who's got the wig on here

Em G C

Sweep up, little sweeper boy, sweep up

Em G Am

Yellow is the color of my true love's crossbow

Em G D

Yellow is the color of the sun

Em G Am

And black is the color of a strangled rainbow

Em G C

That's the color of my loss

Em G Am

Black is the color of my true love's arrow

Em G D

Just the color of human blood

You got a shot of shampoo

Though it was made thirty years ago

Yeah you still got a shot of shampoo

Though you were made twenty years ago

(Harmonica solo, same chords repeat)

Speak up, little sweeper boy, they are hard of hearing

Anything that anyone has to say

I say yellow is the color of my true love's crossbow

Yellow like the color of the sun

Well black is the color of a strangled rainbow

Just the color of my loss

Black is the color of my true love's arrow

Exactly the color of my blood

But I don't want to die I'll ever die tomorrow maybe

Above a near perfect square of sky

You are worth your weight in gold, you are worth your weight in sorrow baby

Though you will never know why

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