True Colors

Words & Music:

Cyndi Lauper

INTRO:  [tabs by onefinebob]

 (Am)     (Am/B)  (C)   (F)        (Am)    (Am/B)   (C)   (F)

e|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------|

B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-------0-1-|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----------|

G|----------------|------2---------|----------------|------2---------|

D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|

E|----------------|------1---1-----|----------------|------1---------|

 

             Am  G     C        C/E+5              F            Am           G

You with the sad eyes, don't be discouraged. Oh, I realize it's hard to take courage.

C             Dm      C+5                F

In a world full of people, you can lose sight of it all.

        Am       G          F/C               C

And the darkness inside you makes you feel so small.

 

CHORUS:

                   F    C      Gsus4        G

But, I'll see your true colors shining through.

              F     C         F            Gsus4 G

I'll see your true colors and that's why I love you.

    F         C        F        Am

So, don't be afraid to let them show.

     F/C  C       F/C  C          Gsus4b            Am

Your true colors, true colors are beautiful, like a rainbow...

 

INTERLUDE:

 (rainbow...)                                              (Show me a)

e|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------|

B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1-2-|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----------|

G|----------------|------2---------|----------------|------2---------|

D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|

E|----------------|------1-------1-|----------------|------1---------|

 

Show me a smile, then; don't be unhappy.  Can't remember when I last saw you laughing.

If this world makes you crazy & you've taken all you can bear,

You call me up, because you know I'll be there.

 

CHORUS & INTERLUDE:

 

Oooo.... [whispered] can't remember when I last saw you laughing.

[sung] If this world makes you crazy & you've taken all you can bear,

You call me up, because you know I'll be there

 

CHORUS:

I'll see your true colors shining through.  I'll see your true colors & that's why I love you

So, don't be afraid to let them show

Your true colors, true colors, true colors are shining through

I'll see your true colors & that's why I love you

So, don't be afraid to let them show.  Your true colors, true colors, beautiful, like a rainbow.

 

|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------||           CHORDS:

|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----------||           Gsus4b = 3 X X 5 3 3

|----------------|------2---------||           C/E+5  = 0 3 2 0 1 3

|----------------|----------------||           C+5    = X 3 2 0 1 3

|0-----0-1-----1-|3---------------||           Gsus4  = 3 2 0 0 1 3

|----------------|------1---------||

 




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