Crayons chords by Luke Geraty

SimplifiedAm · C · Dm · E · Em

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Verse 1
Am 
C 
Dm 
Love is the most
Am 
E 
Am 
important area of your life.
C 
Dm 
If your love is right,
Am 
your life will be right.
It was a fine, mellow day,
C 
no matter what they say.
Dm 
The sun was shining,
E 
Am 
though the sky was grey.
Sitting in the park,
C 
trying to make a mark.
Dm 
Art had a star
Em 
Am 
since it came from her heart.
She was ten years old
C 
and missing more than school.
Dm 
Her dad was abusive,
E 
Am 
so she tried to play it cool.
If they can have their way,
C 
she'd just display
Dm 
Never  say what happened
E 
Am 
every single day
C 
Keep it to herself and nev
er come forth
Dm 
Use it as a source
Am 
to leave a dead's porch
She fueled the flames
C 
and fed it to her soul
Dm 
Invested all her time
E 
Am 
to making happiness her goal
Enrolled in a class
C 
that covered up her past
Dm 
Made her feel first
E 
Am 
when she'd always felt last
She had to give thanks
C 
to that man's hands
Dm 
E 
And it all started with the use
Am 
of a crayon
And she colors,
C 
just pictures from her life
Am 
And she colors,
Dm 
E 
Am 
just to make herself bright
C 
And she colors, just to reach to the light
Dm 
E 
Am 
And she colors, just to clear up her sight
And she colors,
C 
just pictures from my life
Am 
And she colors,
Dm 
E 
Am 
just to make herself bright
And she colors,
C 
just to reach to the light
Am 
And she colors,
Dm 
E 
Am 
just to clear up her sight
She went from park to park,
C 
I  swear she did
Am 
Dm 
E 
I saw her, I saw her,
Am 
she went from park to park
C 
Am 
Dm 
E 
I swear she did, cause I saw her,
Am 
I saw her
She went from park to park
C 
and drew what she saw
Dm 
Empty pages filled with
E 
Am 
all her life's flaws
And her parents lost interest
C 
in adding a mistress
Dm 
Made her wish list on every
E 
Am 
single Christmas
C 
From a distance she felt resistance
Dm 
But she kept on drawing
E 
cause she had persistence
Am 
C 
For instance, they said she never amazed
Dm 
So she stood in a daze
E 
Am 
till she made them all gaze
More than amazed just to
C 
get a little praise
Dm 
Slept every night but cre
E 
Am 
ated every day
Look at her art now,
C 
she stays in the lines
Dm 
Made her own style
Am 
till her smiles were combined
Watched her family's love
C 
dwindle like twines
Dm 
Am 
All in the hopes to define her designs
And her mind's had enough,
C 
she's been crushed by the others
Dm 
And   it all started when they
E 
Am 
said she couldn't color
And it all started when they
C 
said she couldn't color
Dm 
And   it all started when they
E 
Am 
said she couldn't color
And she colors,
C 
just pictures from her life
Am 
And she colors,
Dm 
E 
Am 
just to make herself bright
C 
And she colors, just to reach to the light
Am 
And she colors,
E 
Am 
just to clear up her sight
And she colors,
C 
just pictures from her life
Am 
And she colors,
Dm 
E 
just to make herself bright
Am 
And she colors,
C 
just to reach to the light
Am 
And she colors,
Dm 
E 
Am 
just to clear up her sight
She's got all that she needs and,
C 
feels like she's made it
Dm 
Heart's in the making
E 
and she's glad that she waited
Am 
Before it's dated,
C 
she'd like to thank you for your patience
Dm 
Her name's music,
E 
Am 
you're on a first name basis
Her face is in places
C 
that few rarely see
Dm 
She trusts most men,
E 
Am 
which is really scaring me
She went from trans back to paint,
C 
and paint back to trans
Dm 
Life is our hands,
Am 
I'll probably never understand
C 
I hope that I can, since that's enough
Dm 
For some of us to do more than
Em 
gaurd
Am 
This woman's crush
who went back to her dad
C 
Just so he could see it
Dm 
She said to herself,
E 
Am 
I wonder if they know it's me
And he didn't,
C 
cause she had changed for the better
Dm 
Wrote  a few letters that be
E 
Am 
came trendsetters
Abused and confused,
C 
she never returned
Dm 
Learned how to turn back
Em 
Am 
all that she'd earned
It was simple respect,
C 
something that she needs
Dm 
It must have been the key
Em 
Am 
to how she succeeds
And I knew it,
C 
cause that's where she still stands
Dm 
Drawing pretty pictures,
E 
Am 
C 
Dm 
with the crayons
E 
Am 
And she colors,
C 
just pictures from my life
Am 
And she colors,
Dm 
E 
Am 
just to make herself bright
C 
And she colors, just to reach to the light
And she colors,
E 
just to clear up her sights
Am 
And she colors,
C 
just pictures from my life
Dm 
And she colors,
E 
Am 
just to make herself bright
C 
And she colors, just to reach to the light
Am 
And she colors
E 
just to clear up a sight
Am 
Young people today
C 
are victims of a society
Dm 
Am 
E 
that too often displays love as
Am 
C 
the quest for self -gratification
This distorted viewpoint
E 
Am 
is dramatically portrayed on all sides
C 
in glowing romantic images
E 
as being the normal way of life
Am 
C 
Now we must begin with a basic idea
of what love is and its total meaning
It's not a question of does
anything go
or what do I get out of it or why not,
but rather what does love require?