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Colour Me In Gold

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Picking pattern is pretty simple once you establish the chord shapes. Transcribed from Mahogany Sessions
Chord Shapes
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   Em7b5x78780
      Em022000
   Dmaj9x57670
Gmaj7   x10-12-11-12-10
      G6355400
       Ax02220
    A/F#202220
   Aadd9577600
   Amaj7557675
  Bbmaj7x13230
      Bmx24432
   Cmaj7x35450
  Dbmaj7x45050
[Intro]
Em7b5  Dmaj9  Em7b5  Dmaj9  Dmaj9
[Verse]
       Em7b5You colour me in Dmaj9gold
       Em7b5Lips like petals Dmaj9on my throat
   Em7b5And those fingertips Dmaj9like paintbrush strokesCmaj7  
Paper boatBms softly float
Like a sAong we wroteC#dim  
[Chorus]
       Gmaj7But summer comes Dmaj9and summer goes
       Gmaj7You change your hDmaj9air you change your clothes
   Gmaj7The books you read heBmlp you explore
AA world that you believed inC#dim  
Once befEm7b5oreDmaj9  Em7b5  Dmaj9  
[Verse]
       Em7b5You colour me in Dmaj9gold
       Em7b5Kiss the freckles Dmaj9on my nose
   Em7b5With those blood-red pomeDmaj9granate lips
   Cmaj7Taking sips, Bmhand on hip
Your face could lAaunch a thousand shipsC#dim  
[Chorus]
       Gmaj7But winter comes Dmaj9and brings the snow
       Gmaj7You change your jDmaj9ob, you change your home
    Gmaj7Still reading books Bmabout the ghost
Of a worBbmaj7ld you can't be liviCng
AnymEmore
And after all you've bA/F#een nothing but good to me
       G6And the only way that Dmaj9I can pAadd9ay you baEmck
Is to daily seA/F#ek those distant memoG6ries
While I'm standing Aadd9next to you
[Outro]
So, when Gmaj7springtime comes and blDmaj9ossoms grow
      Gmaj7Come take my hand, Dmaj9can we expose
      Gmaj7The hideaways, the Bmhidden doors
      Bbmaj7The stories we believed inC  
Bbmaj7Ooooh
The land that we both drCeamed in
Once befDmaj9oreEm7b5  Dmaj9  Em7b5  Dmaj9  Em7b5  
You colour me in Dmaj9gold

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Colour Me In Gold

by JP Cooper

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7b5

Dmaj9

A/F#

Aadd9

Amaj7

Bbmaj7

Cmaj7

Dbmaj7

C#dim

Gmaj7

Picking pattern is pretty simple once you establish the chord shapes. Transcribed from Mahogany Sessions

Chord Shapes

--------------

Em7b5

x78780

022000

Dmaj9

x57670

Gmaj7 x10-12-11-12-10

355400

x02220

A/F#

202220

Aadd9

577600

Amaj7

557675

Bbmaj7

x13230

x24432

Cmaj7

x35450

Dbmaj7

x45050

[Intro]

Em7b5 Dmaj9 Em7b5 Dmaj9 Dmaj9

[Verse]

Em7b5 Dmaj9

You colour me in gold

Em7b5 Dmaj9

Lips like petals on my throat

Em7b5 Dmaj9 Cmaj7

And those fingertips like paintbrush strokes

Paper boats softly float

A C#dim

Like a song we wrote

[Chorus]

Gmaj7 Dmaj9

But summer comes and summer goes

Gmaj7 Dmaj9

You change your hair you change your clothes

Gmaj7 Bm

The books you read help you explore

A C#dim

A world that you believed in

Em7b5 Dmaj9 Em7b5 Dmaj9

Once before

[Verse]

Em7b5 Dmaj9

You colour me in gold

Em7b5 Dmaj9

Kiss the freckles on my nose

Em7b5 Dmaj9

With those blood-red pomegranate lips

Cmaj7 Bm

Taking sips, hand on hip

A C#dim

Your face could launch a thousand ships

[Chorus]

Gmaj7 Dmaj9

But winter comes and brings the snow

Gmaj7 Dmaj9

You change your job, you change your home

Gmaj7 Bm

Still reading books about the ghost

Bbmaj7 C

Of a world you can't be living

Anymore

A/F#

And after all you've been nothing but good to me

G6 Dmaj9 Aadd9 Em

And the only way that I can pay you back

A/F# G6

Is to daily seek those distant memories

Aadd9

While I'm standing next to you

[Outro]

Gmaj7 Dmaj9

So, when springtime comes and blossoms grow

Gmaj7 Dmaj9

Come take my hand, can we expose

Gmaj7 Bm

The hideaways, the hidden doors

Bbmaj7 C

The stories we believed in

Bbmaj7

Ooooh

The land that we both dreamed in

Dmaj9 Em7b5 Dmaj9 Em7b5 Dmaj9 Em7b5

Once before

Dmaj9

You colour me in gold

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