Red is a Mean, Mean Colour chords by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel

SimplifiedD · A · G · Em · Bm …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
He can remember
G 
Em 
hearing words of wonder
A 
D 
"failure is on the inside"
G 
Em 
So often does he wonder
A 
D 
How hard it is without a guide

New- Play with audio & scroll

Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.

Get now

Verse 2

This manipulator of crazes

He can win any race that you name

Like a disease he comes in stages

And affects everybody

Interlude 1

the same

Verse 3
Em 
Chorus: he's just a body,
a beat-up body
body
F#m 
He gets his kicks on a fatal crash
G 
And he carries a sign that screams
A 
D 
Em 
"red is a mean, mean colour !"
D 
He keeps his

Verse 4
money under
G 
Em 
his mattress
A 
D 
And his conscience in his pocket
G 
Em 
He heart runs on batteries
A 
D 
He has two eyes to each socket

Verse 5
D 
G 
Em 
Now here's a thing, a very silly thing
A 
He say's it's easy easy
D 
to make a million
Yeah, here's a thing,
G 
Em 
avery silly thing
A 
He say's you steal from a broken
D 
brazilian
Bm 
A 
G 

Verse 6
Em 
Chorus: he's just a body,
a beat-up body
body
F#m 
He gets his kicks on a fatal crash
G 
And he carries a sign that screams
A 
"red is a mean,
D 
G 
Em 
D 
Bm 
mean colour !"

Verse 7

Life's a game of colours

and shades

Llife's an ugly hue

Life's a pageant that we paint.

Interlude 2
A 
G 
Em 
A 
D 
G 
Em 
A 
D 
G 
Em 
A 
D 
G 
Em 
A 
D 
G 
Em 
A 
D 
Bm 
A 
G 
Em 
F#m 
G 
A 
D 
Em 
G 
Can you remember

Verse 8
D 
being
A 
G 
Em 
south of brighton
A 
D 
Head full of floating memories
G 
Em 
Swimming to the grey horizon
A 
D 
Trying to escape the enemy

Verse 9
D 
Who can quote from a thousand
G 
Em 
young poets
A 
D 
And with a flag on his backhe can shine
Who has a dream but can
G 
Em 
never show it
A 
Who is drunk from the mad
D 
man's wine
Bm 
A 
G 

Verse 10
Em 
Chorus: he's just a body,
a beat-up body
body
F#m 
He gets his kicks on a fatal crash
G 
And he carries a sign that screams
A 
"red is a mean, mean colour !"