True Colors Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author maru_angel [a] 116.

3 contributors total, last edit on Dec 23, 2024

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Dm7

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                             True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
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Tabbed by: maruzzzy
Email:mark_maru4@yahoo.com
 
Tuning: standard
 
 
[Intro]
 
Chords:
 
Am G C F
Am G C F
 
Riff:
 
e|3-----------------------3-------3---------------------3-------3-|
B|--------0-------1-----------------------0-------1---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0---------1-------------------------------0-------1-------|
G|------------------------2---------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|3---------------------3-------3-----------------------3-------3-|
B|------0---------1---------------------0-------1-----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------|
B|------0-------1------------|
G|------------------------2--|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
 
 
[Verse]
 
Am              G
You with the sad eyes
C              F9
Don't be discouraged
Dm Dm7   C
Oh I realize
        G
It's hard to take courage
C           Dm
In a world full of people
    C          F
You can lose sight of it all
        Am             G
And the darkness inside you
        F             C
Can make you feel so small
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                  F     C
But I see your true colors
    G
Shining through
            F   C
I see your true colors
       F          G
And that's why I love you
Am            Em      G         F
So don't be afraid to let them show
      C    F
Your true colors
  C    F          G
True colors are beautiful,
         Am
Like a rainbow
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
Am G C F
Am G C F
 
 
[Verse]
 
           Am   G
Show me a smile then,
 C          F9     Dm    Dm7
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
 C         G
When I last saw you laughing
C              Dm
If this world makes you crazy
     C                   F
And you've taken all you can bear
     Am     G
You call me up
             F            C
Because you know I'll be there
 
 
[Chorus]
 
                  F     C
And I'll see your true colors
    G
Shining through
            F   C
I see your true colors
       F          G
And that's why I love you
Am            Em      G         F
So don't be afraid to let them show
      C    F
Your true colors
  C    F          G
True colors are beautiful,
       Am      G C F
Like a rainbow
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True Colors – Cyndi Lauper

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Here's the deal..Ive been on UG now for nearly a decade. Learned how to play here. Never had a lesson. Heck, maybe I need one, idk..idc. I'm by no means a guru but all I see is a sh!t ton of p!ssers and whiners on every persons rendition of a tablature and yet that's all anyone does, ridicule. Not so much as a word of encouragement. I think it takes guts and grit to hash out another artists song into what someone interprets. I have a baritone/bass vocal range, that's it. So I need a lower key and different arrangement in order to sing (to my dogs). I would love to be able to play and sing in Axl Rose's range, not in this lifetime. Also, I don't know all the chord shapes, especially the 'add' & 'sus' but through UG and the amazing people that contribute here, I've learned a lot, so a simplified, dumbed down version helps and fits me occasionally. Look, all of us are here to accomplish the same thing, to pick around and one day, Melt our fans faces off with a rad solo, cranked up to 11! LOL We're all students of an exceedingly complicated and ingenious device. One in a million are blessed with the gift, I assure you that the ones making sh!tty comments, are not included in that "one". Happy Pickin' Keep up the good work, all of us and she the joy of the Good Fiddle with every human you can.

perfect chords and tabs

In the simple version the G “to let” in the chorus needs to be Am