Shades Of Gray Chords

by The Monkees
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author BRKN_HRT [a] 280.
1 contributor total, last edit on Nov 22, 2020

Chords

C
F
G7sus
G7
G
Am
Em
Dm
F6

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lyrics from reprint of 1966 sheet music
 
C                       F                 G7sus        G7
     When the world and I were young just yesterday.
 
C                    F             G                G7
     Life was such a simple game a child could play.
 
F  G7  C
It was easy then to tell
 
G
Right from wrong
 
Am
Easy then to tell
 
Em
Weak from strong,
 
F                      C               Am
     When a man should stand and fight
 
Dm      Em  F6     G
Or just go along.
 
 
      F               C         Am
But today there is no day or night
 
  Dm        G7    C
Today there is no dark or light
 
  F         G     Am    G  F
Today there is no black or white
 
C    F            G7sus     G7
Only shades of gray.
 
 
C               F                G7sus            G7
     I remember when the answers seemed so clear,
 
C                 F                   G             G7
     We had never lived with doubt or tasted fear
 
F  G7  C
It was easy then to tell
 
G
Truth from lies
 
Am
     Selling out
 
Em
From compromise
 
F                    C         Am
     Who to love and who to hate
 
    Dm      Em       F6
The foolish from the wise.
 
 
 
      F               C         Am
But today there is no day or night
 
  Dm        G7    C
Today there is no dark or light
 
  F         G     Am    G  F
Today there is no black or white
 
C    F            G7sus     G7
Only shades of gray.
 
 
 
       C
It was easy then to know 
 
G
What was fair
 
Am
     When to keep 
 
    Em
And when to share
 
F                   C             Am
     How much to protect your heart
 
Dm      Em      F6
And how much to care.
 
 
 
      F               C         Am
But today there is no day or night
 
  Dm        G7    C
Today there is no dark or light
 
  F         G     Am    G  F
Today there is no black or white
 
C    F            G7sus     G7
Only shades of gray.
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Shades Of Gray – The Monkees
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