Intro arpeggio C:
C
E|-----------8--|
B|------5-8-----|
G|----5---------|
D|--------------|
A|---7----------|
E|-8------------|
[Intro] refrain (arpeggio chords over voice where marked):
C Cmaj7 C D7
For those who fancy coloring books and lots of people do
G7 C
Here's a new one for you
C Cmaj7 C Bb
A most unusual coloring book the kind you never see
Bb Bb Dm G7 C F C G C
Crayons ready, very well begin to color me
[Verse 1]
C F C G C F C
These are the eyes that watched him When he walked away
G7 C F C G7
Color them gray
C F C G C F C
This is the heart that thought he would always be true
G7 C F C
Color it blue
C7 F Faug Dm Faug F
These are the arms that held him and touched him and lost him somehow
F Em F(b5) Em F(b5) Em C
Color them empty now
[Verse 2]
C F C G C F C
These are the beads, I wore until she came between
G7 C F C
Color them green
C7 F Faug Dm Faug Dm Faug Dm
This is the room I sleep in and walk in and weep in, and hide in that nobody sees
F Em F(b5) Em F(b5) Em C
Color it lonely, please
[Outro]
C F C G C F C
This is the boy whose love I depended upon
G7 C F C Dm7 C
Color him gone
