Key: E major•
Intro 1
D/E
D/E
E
E
A
Emaj7
F#m/E
E
Verse 1
A
Emaj7
Was a song outside my win dow
F#m/E
E
and the traffic wrote the words
A
Emaj7
It came a-reeling up like Christmas bells
F#m/E
Bsus4
and rapping up like pipes and drums
Chorus 1
G
D/F#
E
And we'll wear it 'till the night comes
E
E
E
Verse 2
A
Emaj7
Was the sun through yellow curtains,
F#m/E
E
and a rainbow on the wall
A
Emaj7
Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you,
F#m/E
Bsus4
crimson crystal beads to beckon
Chorus 2
G
D/F#
E
There's a sun show every second
E
E
E
E
Bridge 1
A
Emaj7
Now the curtain opens
F#m/E
E
on a portrait of today
A
Emaj7
And the streets are paved with pas sersby
A
F#m/E
Waiting to blow away
Interlude 1
D/E
D/E
E
E
Verse 3
E
D/E
and the first thing that I knew
A
Emaj7
There was milk and toast and honey
F#m/E
E
and a bowl of oranges, too
A
Emaj7
And the sun poured in like butterscotch
F#m/E
Bsus4
and stuck to all my senses
Chorus 3
G
D/F#
E
And we'll talk in present tenses
A/E
E
E
Bridge 2
A
Emaj7
When the curtain closes
F#m/E
E
and the rainbow runs away
A
Emaj7
F#m/E
I will bring you incense owls by night
By candlelight
A
B
If only you will stay
Emaj7
A/E
Pretty baby, won't you
D/E
E
Wake up, it's a Chelsea morning
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