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True Colors
G/Bx20003
C/E0x2013
Fadd9xx3213
Dm/Cx3x231
Gsus4* 355533
F/Cx3x211
Dm/F1x3231
[Intro]
e|Am3-----3-G/B3-----3-|C3-----F----------|Am3-----3-G/B3-----3-|C3-----F----------|
B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-------0-1-|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----------|
G|----------------|------2---------|----------------|------2---------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|
E|----------------|------1---1-----|----------------|------1---------|
[Verse 1]
You with the Amsad G/Beyes, Cdon't be C/Ediscouraged
Oh I Fadd9realize Fit's Amhard to take Gcourage
In a Cworld full of Dmpeople, C/Eyou can lose sight Fof it all
And the Amdarkness Ginside you make you Dm/Cfeel so Csmall
[Chorus]
But I'll see your Ftrue Ccolors Gsus4shining throughG  
I'll see your Ftrue cC/Eolors, and Fthat's why I Gsus4love Gyou
So Fdon't be aC/Efraid to Dm/Flet them Amshow
F/C   C   F/C   C   Gsus4[ Am]
Your true colors, true colors are beautiful, like a rainbow
[Interlude]
e|Am3-----3-G/B3-----3-|C3-----F----------|Am3-----3-G/B3-----3-|C3-----F----------|
B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----------|
G|----------------|------2-------2-|----------------|------2---------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|
E|----------------|------1---------|----------------|------1---------|
[Verse 2]
Show me a Amsmile thenG, Cdon't be C/Eunhappy,
Can't remFadd9ember wheFn I Amlast saw you Glaughing
If Cthis world makes you Dmcrazy and you've C/Etaken all you Fcan bear
You Amcall me up, Gbecause you F/Cknow I'll be Cthere
[Chorus]
And I'll see your Ftrue Ccolors Gsus4shining throughG  
I'll see your Ftrue cC/Eolors, and Fthat's why I Gsus4love Gyou
So Fdon't be aCfraid to Dm/Flet them Amshow
Your F/Ctrue Ccolors, your F/Ctrue Ccolors are Gsus4beautiful, like a Amrainbow
[Interlude]
e|Am3-----3-G/B3-----3-|C3-----F----------|Am3-----3-G/B3-----3-|C3-----F----------|
B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----------|
G|----------------|------2-------2-|----------------|------2---------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|
E|----------------|------1---------|----------------|------1---------|
[Verse 3]
AmOoooG....C  C/E  
Fadd9Can't remember when I Amlast saw you Glaughing
(whispered)
CIf this world makes Dmyou crazy and you've C/Etaken all you Fcan bear
You Amcall me upG, because you F/Cknow I'll be Cthere
[Chorus]
And I'll see your Ftrue Ccolors Gsus4shining throughG  
I'll see your Ftrue cC/Eolors and Fthat's why I Gsus4love yGou
So Fdon't be aCfraid to Dm/Flet them Amshow
Your F/Ctrue Ccolors, F/Ctrue Ccolors
[Final Chorus]
F/CTrue Ccolors are Gsus4shining throughG  
I'll see your Ftrue C/Ecolors, and Fthat's why I Gsus4love Gyou
So Fdon't be Cafraid to E7let them Amshow
Your F/Ctrue Ccolors, F/Ctrue Ccolors
Gsus4[ Am]
Are beautiful, like a rainbow ...
[Coda]
e|Am3-----3-G/B3-----3-|C3-----F------------|
B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-------------|
G|----------------|------2-----------|
D|----------------|------------------|
A|0-----0-2-----2-|3-----------------|
E|----------------|------1-----------|

The story behind the song

"True Colors" was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, with Steinberg originally penning the lyrics about his mother. The songwriters first submitted the song to Anne Murray, who passed on it, before it found its way to Cyndi Lauper. The demo was a piano-based gospel ballad, but Lauper transformed the traditional arrangement into the breathtaking and stark version we know today. It became both the title track and the first single from her second studio album.

AI-written from these sources:True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song) — Wikipedia ↗Cyndi Lauper — Wikipedia ↗

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