Colours Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | E |
Capo: | 4th fret |
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Colours chords
Donovan 1965
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colours_(Donovan_song)
Capo IV *
C F C F C
C F C
Yellow is the colour of my true love's hair
F C
In the mornin' when we rise,
F C
In the mornin' when we rise,
G F
That's the time, that's the time,
C
I love the best.
C F C
Blue's the colour of the sky
F C
In the mornin' when we rise,
F C
In the mornin' when we rise.
G F
That's the time, that's the time
C
I love the best.
C F C
Green's the colour of the sparklin' corn
F C
In the mornin' when we rise,
F C
In the mornin' when we rise.
G F
That's the time, that's the time
C
I love the best.
C F C
Mellow is the feeling that I get
F C
when I see her, mm hmm,
F C
when I see her, uh huh.
G F
That's the time, that's the time
C
I love the best.
[Instrumental]
C F C
F C
F C
G F
C
C F C
Freedom is a word I rarely use
F C
Without thinkin', mm hmm,
F C
Without thinkin', mm hmm,
G F
Of the time, of the time
C
When I've been loved.
* Alternates:
Capo II
C = D
F = G
G = A
Open
C = E
F = A
G = B
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On the "Catch the Wind" and "Fairytale" albums at least, Donovan plays it one whole step higher. To accomplish this, keep the capo at 2 and transpose these chords +2.
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So is this capo 2 or capo 4? It says both up above.
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Yea! just sing it in your key! Unless your gettin' paid not to
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