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COLOUR
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== CREDITS / DISCLAIMER                                          ==
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TRANSCRIBED BY: Jeff Carroll (jeff@dadadiscography.net)

DISCLAIMER:     This file is the author's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song. You may only use
this file for private study, scholarship, or
research

PLEASE NOTE:    A fixed-width font is required to view the
alignment in this tab properly;

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== TECHNICAL STUFF                                               ==
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ARTIST: Dada

TUNING: Standard (Low to High: E A D G B E)

CAPO:   None

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== INTRODUCTORY NOTES                                            ==
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Just play the basic chords and you should be OK. The bridge section
is all messed up with effects and such, but if you arpeggiate those
chords with variations, it should sound OK.

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== CHORD GUIDE                                                   ==
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x32010     022000     133211     577555     x02210     302010
C          Em         F          Am*        Am         Am7/G

200210     xx0210     320000     x02200     x33210     x02220
Am7/F#     D7sus2     G6         Asus2      Fmaj7      A

x57765     355433 or  320003     688766
Dm         G          G          Bb

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== TABLATURE GUIDE                                               ==
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Here are some of the commonly used notations in ASCII tab:

h = hammer-on        / = slide up           <#> = harmonic
p = pull-off         \ = slide down         (#) = optional
b = bend string      x = percussive damp     ^  = slight bend
r = release bend     v = vibrato

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== SONG SECTION                                                  ==
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OPTIONAL INTRO (see notes on song page)

Dm           Am*             Bb              G
World's gone gray again. The night says "goodbye".


INTRO

C   Em   F   G  (w/ Fig. 1 lead, and variations of it throughout)
C   Em   F   G


VERSE 1

C Em     F        G        C              Em   F   G
I know a girl who sees the good in things

Am             Am7/G          Am7/F#    F   G
No coins could cover both her eyes

C    Em   F         G
When I've convinced myself

C    Em          F
Everything's all wrong

G        C
She turns me on

Em        F      G      D7sus2  G6
Turns me 'round, upside down


CHORUS 1

C   Em  F  G     C     Em   F   G
'Cause she could see              colour

C   Em  F  G  
'Cause she could see          

Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2
Colour


VERSE 2

C   Em   F     G     C   Em   F   G
(Da da da da da)

C   Em      F       G
Two daisies for her eyes

C   Em    F   G
'Cause she can see color

Am            Am7/G          Am7/F#    F   G
White rays surround a yellow disc

C Em        F       G
I need this girl to see the

C              Em   F   G
Good in things,         uh, huh, huh

C   Em    F         G           D7sus2  G6
Tie-dye desire in a black-light kiss


CHORUS 2

C   Em  F  G     C     Em   F   G
'Cause she could see              colour

C   Em  F  G  
'Cause she could see          

Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am G
Colour


BRIDGE

Am Am7 Am  Am Am7 Am  D7sus2    D7sus2    Fmaj7     G6 
Ah ah  ah, ah ah  ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah, Ah ah ah, ah-ah


VERSE 3

C Em        F        G        C
I need this girl who sees the good in things

Em        F        G         C
(I need this girl who sees the good in things)

Em          F     G        C
No coins could cover both her eyes

Em          F      G
(No coins could cover)


CHORUS 3

Am  Am7/G  Am7/F#   F   G
She could see        colour

Am  Am7/G  Am7/F#   F   G
She could see        colour

Am  Am7/G  Am7/F#   F   G
She could see        colour

Am  Am7/G  Am7/F#   F   G  A
She could see        colour       Oh yeah


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== REFERENCE SECTION                                             ==
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FIG. 1

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-----0h2-------------2p0----------0h2---------------------2--------
-3----------------------------3-----------------------------3------
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