Colour Me In Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	3rd fret

Author kalariVII [pro] 168.

1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 24, 2024

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Capo 3.
Song is in 3/4
 
 
(Riff)
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|--------|
D|----0-2-|
A|--3-----|
E|--------|
 
Can play the riff alongside the C at the start of each line in the chorus. Sounds pretty cool.
 
 
[Intro]
 
C   Am   G
C   Am   G   Am (Riff)
F   G
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
C                  F               G           C
Well, I tried to repress it, then I carried its crown.
                 F             G           Am
I reached out to undress it and love let me down.
(Riff)         F         G
Love let me down.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C              F               G              C
So I tried to erase it, but the ink bled right through.
                    F               G            Am
Almost drove myself crazy when these words led to you.
              Em                F
And all these useless dreams of living alone
               G
like a dogless bone.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C              Am   G     C
So come let me love you,
            Am   G       Am
come let me love you and then
(Riff)     F     G
colour me in.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
C                    F         G        C
Well, I tried to control it and cover it up.
                    F              G      Am
I reached out to console it. It was never enough.
(Riff)       F          G
Never enough.
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
C               F                   G           C
So I tried to forget it, that was all part of the show.
                  F           G         Am
Told myself I'd regret it, but what do I know
                Em                F
about all these useless dreams of living alone
               G
like a dogless bone.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C              Am   G     C
So come let me love you,
            Am   G       Am
come let me love you and then
(Riff)        F    G
colour me in.
 
C           Am   G      C
Come let me love you,
            Am   G                Am
come let me take this through the end
             Em                 F
of all these useless dreams of living,
             G                F
in all these useless dreams
          Em                F
all these useless dreams of living
             G
in all these old noes...
 
   C           Am   G      C
So come let me love you,
            Am   G      C
come let me love you,
            Am   G       C
come let me love you,
           Am  G       Cx2
come let me in
 
[Outro]
(counts are bars)
Emx2 Fx2 Gx2 Cx4
Amx3 Gx1 Cx7 Gx1
Amx4 Cx2 Gx2
Am till fade out
X

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Colour Me In – Damien Rice

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A more detailed version of the F-riff: ----------------------------------------------------- -----------1----------------------1------0----------- ------0h2---------2-----------0h2-------0------------ ---3------------3---3-------3----------0------------- ----------------------------------------------------- -1------------1----------1-----------3---------------

Riff is play any time he plays C. And when you wrote "riff", should be a C too.

C Riff ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------ ---0---0---------------------------- ------0--0h2------------------------- --3------------------------------- -------------------------------------- (1and)(2and)