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Colours Chords

by Skinny Lister
KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays425

Colours by Skinny Lister is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, E, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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16
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Intro: 
G 
G    E D G 

verse 1: 

G 
Lost among the brambles, those long cross-country rambles 
                   E   D                G  
Your hands stained red, from blackberry picking 
G 
Brave or was it foolish, you took off all your clothes 
                 E    D               G 
Your lips turned blue, from North Sea swimming 


C                       E  
Colours, colours of the summer 
                G             D 
My thoughts are drawn to them still 
    C                         E  
The red kite against the blue sky 
                G             D 
My thoughts are drawn to them still 

verse 2: 
Race down Chimney Bank faster than legs can carry you 
Your knees are green from the tripping and the falling 
Nothing to disturb us collapsed amongst the corn 
The hazy gold of a lazy summer 

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante