Colour of the Sun
by Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally,
Peter Mayer, and Roger Guth
[Intro]
D A/D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6-----6---|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
D A/D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6-----6---|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------| x2
[Verse 1]
G/D D G/D D
Touching down the highwire clown
G/D D A/D G
Balances dreams that he’s cho - sen
G/D D G/D D
Northern lights, all draped around
G/D D A/D D
Melting a stream that was fro - zen
[Interlude]
D A/D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6-----6---|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
D A/D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6-----6---|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
[Verse 2]
G/D D G/D D
Bi - cy - cles with rusted wheels
G/D D A/D D
A frame in need of adjust - ing
G/D D G/D D
Red sky night that Fred Neil feels
G/D D A D
Back when the Grove wasn’t bust - ling
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm G D
The working tide will come around again
Bm G D/A A
A serenade lies waiting in the wind
[Chorus]
Em Em7 A/C# A
For all your worldly treasures
D D/F# G D/F#
There’s nothing to be won
Em Em7 A/C# A
Nothing left to measure
G Asus D
Just you and me and the colour of the sun
[Interlude]
D A/D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6-----6---|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
D A/D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6-----6---|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
[Verse 3]
G/D D G/D D
Wide-eyed child wonders how
G/D D A/D D
The sky connects to the o - cean
G/D D G/D D
Spinning fast then as now
G/D D A D
She’s un - aware of the mo - tion
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm G D
The wise men and the fools keep taking turns,
Bm G D A
Every day more bridges seem to burn
[Chorus]
Em Em7 A/C# A
With all your vaults of treasure
D D/F# G D/F#
Would you trade them for some fun
Em Em7 A/C# A
What’s the price of pleasure
G Asus
Just you and me...
[Bridge]
Cmaj7 Dmaj7
You can add subtract divide or multiply
Cmaj7
Watch the particles collide
Asus A
And trust the stars up in the sky
[Verse 4]
G/D D G/D D
Sand dunes gone, snatched by a storm
G/D D A/D D
Are the Poles really shift - ing?
G/D D G/D D
Gypsy rains wash o'er the plains,
G/D D A D
Wood and dreams are still drift - ing
[Pre-Chorus]
Bm G D
The best of times can still somehow be found
Bm G D/A A
Even the worst of beaches will never let you down
[Chorus]
Em Em7 A/C# A
For all your worldly treasures
D D/F# G D/F#
For your battles lost and won
Em Em7 A/C# A
Nothing left to measure
G Asus D
Just you and me, and the colour of the sun
[Outro]
D A/D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6-----6---|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
D A/D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6-----6---|
D|--------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------|----------------------|
D
Colour of the sun
D A/D D
e|------5-----5-------|-----5----------0-----|--2--|
B|--3---3-----3-------|-----3--------3-------|--3--|
G|--------6-------4---|-(4)--------6---------|--2--|
D|--------------------|----------------------|--0--|
A|--------------------|----------------------|-----|
E|--------------------|----------------------|-----|Colour Of The Sun chords and lyrics
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Colour of the Sun by Jimmy Buffett, Mac McAnally, Peter Mayer, and Roger Guth [Verse 1] [Verse 2] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Verse 3] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus] [Bridge] [Verse 4] [Pre-Chorus] [Chorus]
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