Key: F major
Verse 1
G
D
My life was colored,
Em
D
painting pictures out of tune
G
D
E
You came from nowhere in a song
G
D
Em
It might have been the way I laughed,
G
D
E
Could only show me what was wrong
Verse 2
A
D
He took me flying on his crimson ship
E
Em
D
He never left me his num ber
A
D
He took me flying on his crimson ship
Em
G
D
A
E
Em
wondered
Verse 3
G
D
Who put the knots on all
Em
D
the crosses on the hill?
G
F#m
D
E
Why did the old man wash his hands?
G
F#m
D
Who grew the flower that
Em
D
was big enough to kill?
G
F#m
D
E
And blew the trumpet in the van, a-an
Verse 4
E
A
D
He He took me flying on his crimson ship
E
G
D
He never left me his number
A
D
He took me flying on his crimson ship
G
D
A
E
Em
wondered
D
Verse 5
A
E
G
When When When they were
D
Em
D
busy throwing kisses at the moon
G
D
E
A father lost his mother's son
G
D
And though they knew the
Em
D
resurrection would be soon
G
F#m
E
The time was spent, they carried on, o-on
Verse 6
E
A
D
He He took me flying on his crimson ship
E
G
He never left me his number
D
A
D
He took me flying on his crimson ship
E
G
Then he was gone and I wondered
D
A
E
Interlude 1
A
E
A
E
Verse 7
Outro 1
wondered
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E
E
E
E
E
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