Intro Emaj7 Dmaj7 Emaj7 Dmaj7 Dmaj7 Verse Emaj7 Dmaj7 You colour me in gold Emaj7 Dmaj7 Lips like petals on my throat Emaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 And those fingertips like paintbrush strokes Bmin Paper boats softly float A C#maj7 Like a song we wrote Chorus Dmaj7* Amaj7 But summer comes and summer goes Dmaj7* Amaj7 You change your hair you change your clothes Dmaj7* Bmin The books you read help you explore A C#maj7 A world that you believed in Emaj7 Dmaj7 Emaj7 Dmaj7 Dmaj7 Once before Verse Emaj7 Dmaj7 You colour me in gold Emaj7 Dmaj7 Kiss the freckles on my nose Emaj7 Dmaj7 With those blood-red pomegranate lips Cmaj7 Bmin Taking sips, hand on hip A C#maj7 Your face could launch a thousand ships Chorus Dmaj7* Amaj7 But winter comes and brings the snow Dmaj7* Amaj7 You change your job, you change your home Dmaj7* Bmin Still reading books about the ghost Bbmaj7 C#maj7 Of a world you can't be living Em Anymore A/E And after all you've been nothing but good to me G Dmaj7 A* Em And the only way that I can pay you back A/E G Is to daily seek those distant memories A* While I'm standing next to you Outro Dmaj7* Amaj7 So, when springtime comes and blossoms grow Dmaj7* Amaj7 Come take my hand, can we expose Dmaj7* Bmin The hideaways, the hidden doors Bbmaj7 C#maj7 The stories we believed in Bbmaj7 Ooooh C#maj7 The land that we both dreamed in Emaj7 Dmaj7 Emaj7 Dmaj7 Dmaj7 Once before You colour me in gold
