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Colours
Hot Chip
Hey, so this is pretty simple but sounds alright on an acoustic
The bit in the chorus goes like this:
  Fmaj7     Am/ED7sus2 Cadd6
e|-0-----0-----0-----0--|
B|-1-----1-----1-----1--|
G|-2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|-3-----2-----0-----x--|
A|-------------------3--|
E|----------------------|
Intro
AmColours Gare Emwhat
Amkeep G/Bme   Calive
Amcolours Gare Emwhat
to Amhold G/Bin my Chead
Amcolours are Gwhere Emmy
my Amold mG/Beets Cnew
Amcolours are Gwhere Emmy
my Ambrain G/Bfinds Emblue
Chorus
Ccolours and colours and colours of colours
Dmcolours and colours and colours of colours
        Fmaj           Am/ED7sus2       Cadd6
colours and colours and colours of colours
        Fmaj           Am/ED7sus2       Cadd6
colours and colours and colours of colours
Verse (Just one chord)
Cbursts are where
i find a face
bursts are made
to colour me rich
bursts are blocks
stickle bricks
bursts of colour
until i'm sick
Chorus (Chords as before)
colours and colours and colours of colours
(i only wanted for to see)
colours and colours and colours of colours
(there's nothing in this heart but me)
colours and colours and colours of colours
(everything you want is not free)
colours and colours and colours of colours
Break
|C   | all the time
Chorus
colours and colours and colours of colours
(i'm everything a girl could need)
colours and colours and colours of colours
(there's nothing in this heart but me)
colours and colours and colours of colours
(if everything you want is free)

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Colours

by Hot Chip

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Am/E

G/B

Fmaj

Colours

Hot Chip

Hey, so this is pretty simple but sounds alright on an acoustic

The bit in the chorus goes like this:

Fmaj7 Am/E

D7sus2 Cadd6

e|-0-----0-----0-----0--|

B|-1-----1-----1-----1--|

G|-2-----2-----2-----2--|

D|-3-----2-----0-----x--|

A|-------------------3--|

E|----------------------|

Intro

Am G Em

Colours are what

Am G/B C

keep me alive

Am G Em

colours are what

Am G/B C

to hold in my head

Am G Em

colours are where my

Am G/B C

my old meets new

Am G Em

colours are where my

Am G/B Em

my brain finds blue

Chorus

colours and colours and colours of colours

Fmaj Am/E

D7sus2 Cadd6

colours and colours and colours of colours

Fmaj Am/E

D7sus2 Cadd6

colours and colours and colours of colours

Verse (Just one chord)

bursts are where

i find a face

bursts are made

to colour me rich

bursts are blocks

stickle bricks

bursts of colour

until i'm sick

Chorus (Chords as before)

colours and colours and colours of colours

(i only wanted for to see)

colours and colours and colours of colours

(there's nothing in this heart but me)

colours and colours and colours of colours

(everything you want is not free)

colours and colours and colours of colours

Break

|C | all the time

Chorus

colours and colours and colours of colours

(i'm everything a girl could need)

colours and colours and colours of colours

(there's nothing in this heart but me)

colours and colours and colours of colours

(if everything you want is free)

About Colours Chords by Hot Chip

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