Colosseums Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays399

Colosseums by The New Pornographers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, D#, A# and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: G  D  D#  D G  D  D#  D 

verse 1 
G          D                  A#                  
Colosseums, colosseums of the mind 
           F                    G               
An ancient con, the shadow of a song 
            D                 A#                 
Exhibitions, international in size 
           F                   G      D  D#  D G  D  D#  D                
I close my eyes, I can see the line 

G 

verse 2                                              
G          D                  A#                  
Colosseums, colosseums of the mind 
         F                        G             
Right on time, celebration in the ruin 
       D               A#                        
Elation is moving in a wave 
           F                         A#          
I avert my gaze, but still I see the line 


A#            F                                  
Say it like a Sooth Sayer 
     D#                                         
On repeat for days 
A#                    F                          
Don’t listen when the fool says 
          D#                                    
You can’t fool your way 
                        G  D  D#  D G  D  D#  D                      
You can’t fool your way 

verse 3 
G          D                  A#                  
Colosseums, colosseums of the mind 
            F                       G           
A scalper's price, built into the design 
            D                 A#                 
Jubilations, laughing out the place 
           F                     A#              
Look in my face, you can see the line 

 
A#            F                                  
Say it like a Sooth Sayer 
        D# 
It will keep for days 
A#                    F                          
Don’t listen when the fool says 
          D#                                    
You can’t fool your way 
                        G  D  D#  D G  D  D#  D                      
You can’t fool your way 

A#            F                                  
Say it like a Sooth Sayer 
     D#                                         
On repeat for days 
A#                    F                          
Don’t listen when the fool says 
          D#                                    
You can’t fool your way 
A#            F                                  
Say it like a Sooth Sayer 
        D# 
It will keep for days 
A#                    F                          
Don’t listen when the fool says 
          D#                                    
You can’t fool your way 
                         G  D            
You can’t fool your way 
              D#                       
Fool your way 
D             G  D                        
Fool your way 
              D#                       
Fool your way 
D             G  D                        
Fool your way 
              D#                       
Fool your way 
D             G  D                        
Fool your way 
              D#                       
Fool your way 
                               G      
(Colosseums, Colosseums of the mind) 
    	

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