Coughing Colors


Coughing Colors by Tilly and the Wall Tabbed by Barry! Kaczor! Play with Capo on 1, all chord structures relevent to capo [Intro] C, Em, Am C, Em, Am, G C she homed with thieves Em kicked up dirty leaves Am she was a maniac F no one's heart attack she got around slept on the bad side of town she was cooler than you way cooler than me she was true, all blinded and bruised she didn't give a fuck no he had given up she was alive she was caught on fire she was everything she was all of this G F G she opened up and laid it all right there Am she said, "no i don't mind Em no, no i don't care F C G i'll help you shovel out my shallow hole F G and i know i know they're threatening Am Em but at least we're not the ones carrying F C G such heavy heavy heavy stoning stones Dm and yeah i know they'll get you down they'll do you in and they'll drag it out Am Em G 'cause me and you, we are one of a kind C she liked to lose Em never wore sunday shoes Am F she found his luck in wells and corner stores and jails she was crazy a downtown kind of baby always dangerous, she got me down on my knees she made it rain she called the wind and then it came oh with the wave of his hand she brought the sunshine right in she was the sky beyond steeple and the choir oh, the preacher's amen his hallelujah child G F G she opened up and laid it all right there Am she said, "no i don't mind Em no, no i don't care F C G i'll help you shovel out my shallow hole F G and i know i know they're threatening Am Em but at least we're not the ones carrying F C G such heavy heavy heavy stoning stones F G so when your bones are broke and you're all alone Am Em and the fog's so thick you can't see up close F C G just know that i will end up strangled too F G and when the floods they come all rushing in Am Em and the boat is full and you can't get in F C G oh, it's okay if you don't want to swim Dm and when you're swallowed up, oh, don't you cry just give right in, don't try to fight G 'cause baby i wouldn't pay no mind there's nothing you can do C G Am they'll have you coughing up your colors they'll have you coughing up your colors they'll have you coughing up your colors they'll have you coughing up your colors Dm, G C she sang the blues Em out of time and out of tune Am spoke no silver spoon F only simple truths she was a friend, stabbed backs and broke plans she would give you her coat or put nails through her hand she was wise, full of magic and life oh you could see it in his eyes oh yeah i saw it in his eyes she was more than this oh way more than this she was everything she was all of this G, Dm