Color Me America Chords

KeyDm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays855

Color Me America by Dolly Parton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, F, G, C, Fm, D, G7, A, Gm, E, E7, A7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Dm
Text
16
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Intro:  Dm - F - G - C 

       C                                 F                Fm 
1. I'm red, white and blue...  these are colors that ring true 
      C            D                 G - G7 
   To all I am and feel and love and do 
           C                                   F              Fm 
   I stand proud and brave and tall...  I want justice for us all 
      C         F               Fm        C - Fm 
   So color me, America... red, white and blue 

         C                                F                Fm 
2. I see red when evil speaks... spilling red blood on our streets 
              C                   D              G - G7 
   And I feel blue from grief and sorrow that it brings 
           C                                    F                Fm 
   But the white and light of love... God's own spirit... like a dove 
             C               F           C - A - D 
   Lift's us up and hands to us an olive branch 

            D                               G                Gm 
3. Oh sweet freedom, may you stay... in our land and lives always 
           D                E        E7      A - A7 
   And may peace and beauty fill our hearts anew 
              D                               G                     Gm 
   And may we all stand up for you... may our thoughts and deeds be true 
          D              G               A         D - A  
   And be worthy of your stripes... red, white and blue 

       D                             G                D 
4. I'm red, white and blue...  these colors that ring true 
      D            E        E7       A - A7 
   To all I am and feel and love and do 
           D                                  G              Gm 
   I stand proud and brave and tall... I want justice for us all 
      D         G              A         D - A - A7 
   So color me America... red, white and blue 

             D          A 
5. Oh, sweet America... America 
                 A7        A     A7  D - D7 
   God won't you shed your grace on  thee 
       G                    D 
   And crown Thy good... in brotherhood 
        G      A - A7   D 
   From sea to shining sea 
       G         D          A    A7        D - D7 - G 
   Oh, color me America...  red, white and blue 
   G     A   D 
   Color me America 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante