Colors and the Kids chords by Cat Power

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) It must be the colors
And the kids
C 
That  (C major) keep me alive
G 
'Cause the music  (G major) 
is boring me to death
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 2
C 
 (C major) It must just be the colors
G 
C 
And the kids  (G major) that  (C major) keep me alive
G 
'Cause I'd want to go right away  (G major) 
C 
To a January night  (C major) 
G 
I built a shack  (G major) with an old friend
C 
He was someone I could  (C major) learn from

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Verse 3

Someone I could become

Will you meet me down

On a sandy beach

We can roll up our jeans

So the tide won't get

Verse 4
us below the knees
C 
 (C major) 
G 
Yellow hair  (G major) 
C 
You are a funny  (C major) bear
G 
Yellow hair  (G major) 
C 
You are such a funny  (C major) bear
Slender fingers
G 
Would hold  (G major) me slender
C 
 (C major) limbs would hold me
G 
And you could say my name  (G major) 
Like you knew my name
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 5

I could stay here

Become someone different

I could stay here

Become someone better

Verse 6
C 
 (C major) 
G 
C 
G 
It's so hard to go  (G major) in the city  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
'Cause you want  (C major) to say
hello to everybody
G 
It's so hard to go into the city  (G major) 
C 
'Cause you want  (C major) to say hey I
love you to everybody
G 
When we were teenagers  (G major) we
C 
wanted to be the sky  (C major) 
Now all we want to do is
G 
go to red places  (G major) 
C 
And try to stay  (C major) outta hell

Verse 7
C 
 (C major) It must be the colors
G 
And the kid (G major) s
C 
That  (C major) keep me alive
G 
'Cause the music  (G major) is
boring me to death
C 
 (C major) 