Verse 1
  Am    F C                      G 
I met him, during the second world war 
Am     F       C        G 
I wore glasses, he wore a scar 
    Am              F                 
He told me I looked like his mother 
C                  G                  
who he'd loved very much 
    Am                F                     
I told him he looked like my brother 
C                     G 
who had always liked to touch me 
 
Refrain 1
             Dm          Am 
And we made love, in the room 
 Em               Bm 
in which we would die 
             Dm           Am 
And we made love in that room 
      Em       Bm 
only God knows why 
 
Instrumental
Am F C G 
 
Verse 2
Am           F      C            G 
Clocks were ticking, or was it, a bomb? 
Am           F                C            G 
People were singing, or was it crying all along? 
Am         F                   C            G 
Time was ticking away, both too slow and too fast 
Am                   F 
Sometimes we yearned for the future 
C                           G 
sometimes we wished for the past 
 
Refrain 2
          Dm                  Am 
And the working would set us free 
     Em            Bm 
but all it did was k*lling me 
     Dm                  Am   
but I'm not saying that they lied 
       Em                  Bm 
'cause in the end the were right 
 
Instrumental
Am F C G 
 
Verse 3
    Am          F         C                 G 
He gave me his number, for they had taken his name 
Am           F          C          G 
I showed him mine, it was almost the same 
        Am             F     
And he smiled the only smile he remembered, 
C                    G 
like a star too far away 
       Am              F 
and he told me, if you mix all the colors 
       C                    G 
you'll end up with black and gray 
 
Refrain 3
            Dm         Am 
And it was those two colors 
Em              Bm 
that filled our lives 
Dm           Am 
Not only our minds and bodies 
    Em       Bm 
but also the skies 
 
Instrumental
Am F C G 
 
Outro
Am     F   C                      G 
I met him during, the second world war 
Am      F     C         G 
I wore glasses, he wore a scar 
    Am               F   
He told me I looked like his mother 
C                          G    
and that his heart was all mine 
   Am               F 
I told him he would be a father 
C                 G 
if it weren't for time 
 
End on Gm