Transpose up
(INTRO)
G
D
Em
Bm
G
D
Em
Bm
(VER)
G
Green was the color of the
D
grass
Where I used to
Em
read at Centennial
Bm
Park
I
G
used to think I would m
D
eet
somebod
Em
y
there
Bm
G
Teal was the color of your
D
shirt
When you were six
Em
teen at the yogurt
Bm
shop
You
G
used to work at to
Dm
make a little mone
Em
y
Bm
(CHO)
D
Time, curious time
Gave me no
Em
compasses, gave me no signs
Were there
D
clues I didn’t se
Em
e?
D
And isn’t it just so pretty to think
All along there
D
was
some
Invisi
Em
ble
string
Tying you to
G
me?
D
Em
Bm
G
Ooh-
D
ooh-o
Em
oh-o
Bm
oh
(VER)
G
Bad was the blood of the
D
song in the cab
On your
Em
first trip to L
Bm
A
You
G
ate at my favorite
D
spot for dinn
Em
er
Bm
G
Bold was the waitress on our
D
three-year
trip
Getting
Em
lunch down by the
Bm
Lakes
She
G
said I looked like an A
D
merican
sing
Em
er
Bm
(CHO)
D
Time, curious time
Gave me no
Em
compasses, gave me no signs
Were there
D
clues I didn’t se
Em
e?
D
And isn’t it just so pretty to think
All along there
D
was
some
Invisi
Em
ble
string
Tying you to
G
me?
D
Em
Bm
G
Ooh-
D
ooh-o
Em
oh-o
Bm
oh
(BRI)
Bm
A string that pulled me
Am
Out of all the
G
wrong
arms
right in
D
to that dive bar
Am
Something wrapped all
G
of
my
past mi
D
stakes in barbed wire
Am
Chains around my
G
demons
D
Wool to brave the
Am
seasons
One
G
single thread of
D
gold
Tied me to
G
you
D
Em
Bm
(VER)
G
Cold was the steel of my
D
axe to grind
For the
Em
boys who broke my
Bm
heart
G
Now I send their
D
babies
prese
Em
nts
Bm
G
Gold was the color of the
D
leaves
When I showed you
Em
around Centennial
Bm
Park
Hell was the journey but it
D
brought me heav
Em
en
Bm
(CHO)
D
Time, wondrous time
Gave me the
Em
blues and then purple-pink skies
And it’s
D
cool
Baby, with me
Em
D
And isn’t it just so prett
Em
y to think
All along there
D
was
some
Invisi
Em
ble
string
Tying you to
Am
me?
G
D
Am
Ooh-ooh-
G
ooh-
D
ooh
Am
Me
G
D
Am
Ooh-ooh-
G
ooh-
D
ooh
(OUTRO)
Am
G
D
Am
G
D
Am
G
D
