Chords for Cyndi Lauper Live 🡆 True Colors 🡄 Houston, TX - 9/11/2016
Tempo:
136.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Gm
G
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
I was a Potsdamer and it was one too many, I was pissed.
Alright?
[G] [Bm]
[N] A while back, I was sitting in my living room
reading about different kinds of people.
What makes them the way they are.
And there was this one article that came up
it was all about being fearless.
Alright?
[G] [Bm]
[N] A while back, I was sitting in my living room
reading about different kinds of people.
What makes them the way they are.
And there was this one article that came up
it was all about being fearless.
100%  ➙  136BPM
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F
Gm
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_ _ _ _ _ I was a Potsdamer and it was one too many, I was pissed. _ _
_ _ Alright? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [N] A while back, I was sitting in my living room
and _ _ I was reading about different kinds of people. _ _
_ What makes them the way they are. _
_ _ And there was this one _ article that came up
_ and it was all about being fearless.
I thought about it
_ and I realised, you know, _ I'm a chicka chicka chicka chicka. _ _
_ _ _ And I started writing this song.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Sorry kids. _ _ _
♪ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sometimes _ I'm afraid when you _ go _ ♪
♪ Sometimes _ I'm afraid when you come _ _
_ [Gm] _ home ♪
♪ _ [C] _ _ _
Underneath it _ all _ [G] ♪
♪ I think I'm afraid when there's [C] nothing _ wrong _ ♪
♪ But if I [F] was _ _
[Cm] fearless _ _ [F] ♪
♪ Could [C] I be your reckless friend?
♪
♪ And if [F] I was _ [C] helpless _ _ _ _ [F] ♪
♪ Could [C] you be the one who comes rushing in? _ _
_ ♪
♪ Sometimes _ I'm afraid [G] of [C] the _ _ dark ♪
♪ _ _ I can't find the light in [Gm] my heart _ ♪
_ ♪ I [Em] can _ [C] _ feel my _ _ hand [G] _ pushing _ away from your heart as [C] I _ came ♪
♪ But if I [F] was _ _
[C] fearless ♪
_ [F] ♪ Could [C] I be your reckless _ friend? _
♪
♪ And if [F] I was _ [C] helpless _ _ _ ♪
[F] ♪ Could you [C] be the one who comes rushing _ in?
♪ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
♪ You're [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
possessed [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ ♪
♪ [C] _ _
_ It's hard to take _ courage in a world [Gm] full of people _ [Em] ♪
♪ You can pull [Bb] aside all people [Am] in the darkness ♪
♪ [C] So inside you make [F] it feel [C] so small ♪
♪ But I see [F] your true [C] _
colors _ _ [Gm] shining through ♪
♪ I see [Fm] your _ [C] true _ colors [F] and [C] that's [Gm] why I love _ _ [Fm] you ♪
♪ Don't [C] need _ _ _ to [Gm] let [C] them _ show _ [F] your true [C] _
_ colors ♪
♪ [F] Your true [C] _
_ colors [D] are _ _ [G]
beautiful [C] _ _ [G] like a _ _ _ _ rainbow ♪
[C] _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ ♪ Show [D] me [C] a smile and _ _ _ _ don't be unhappy ♪
♪ Can't remember when _ [Gm] _ [C] _ I last saw you laughing ♪
♪ If this world makes [Gm] you crazy [Em] and you're taking [Bb] all you can bear [Am] ♪
♪ Will you call [G] me up?
_ Because [F] you know [C] I'll be there ♪
♪ And I see [F] your true _
[C] _ colors _ _ [Gm] _ shining through ♪
♪ I [C] see [Fm] your true [C] _ _ colors _ [F] and [C] that's why I _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] love [C] you ♪
♪ Don't need to let them show _ [F] your true [C] _ _ _ colors ♪
♪ [F] Your true _ [C] _ _ colors, [F] your true _ [Gm] _ _ [C] colors [Gm] keep shining through _ _ ♪
♪ [C] I see [F] your true [C] _ colors _ [F] and that's [G] why I _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] love you ♪
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ And listen, _ [Bb] _ _
that wasn't [G] for a militant [Bb] thing.
It was when I was little it meant [C] power to me.
[N] _ _
_ So _ _ remember _ where your real power was.
It's in your heart [B] and your reason. _ _
Those are your tools, [Bb] son-in-law. _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ Let them [C] show _ _ [F] the true [C] _ _
colors, _ [F] _ true [C] _ _
colors _ [D] of [Gm] _ you, _ son.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Take care of each other.
_ _ We're all we got.
Thank you, each other.
Have a great year.
I love you.
Salute.
Big O. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Alright? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [N] A while back, I was sitting in my living room
and _ _ I was reading about different kinds of people. _ _
_ What makes them the way they are. _
_ _ And there was this one _ article that came up
_ and it was all about being fearless.
I thought about it
_ and I realised, you know, _ I'm a chicka chicka chicka chicka. _ _
_ _ _ And I started writing this song.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Sorry kids. _ _ _
♪ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sometimes _ I'm afraid when you _ go _ ♪
♪ Sometimes _ I'm afraid when you come _ _
_ [Gm] _ home ♪
♪ _ [C] _ _ _
Underneath it _ all _ [G] ♪
♪ I think I'm afraid when there's [C] nothing _ wrong _ ♪
♪ But if I [F] was _ _
[Cm] fearless _ _ [F] ♪
♪ Could [C] I be your reckless friend?
♪
♪ And if [F] I was _ [C] helpless _ _ _ _ [F] ♪
♪ Could [C] you be the one who comes rushing in? _ _
_ ♪
♪ Sometimes _ I'm afraid [G] of [C] the _ _ dark ♪
♪ _ _ I can't find the light in [Gm] my heart _ ♪
_ ♪ I [Em] can _ [C] _ feel my _ _ hand [G] _ pushing _ away from your heart as [C] I _ came ♪
♪ But if I [F] was _ _
[C] fearless ♪
_ [F] ♪ Could [C] I be your reckless _ friend? _
♪
♪ And if [F] I was _ [C] helpless _ _ _ ♪
[F] ♪ Could you [C] be the one who comes rushing _ in?
♪ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
♪ You're [C] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
possessed [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ ♪
♪ [C] _ _
_ It's hard to take _ courage in a world [Gm] full of people _ [Em] ♪
♪ You can pull [Bb] aside all people [Am] in the darkness ♪
♪ [C] So inside you make [F] it feel [C] so small ♪
♪ But I see [F] your true [C] _
colors _ _ [Gm] shining through ♪
♪ I see [Fm] your _ [C] true _ colors [F] and [C] that's [Gm] why I love _ _ [Fm] you ♪
♪ Don't [C] need _ _ _ to [Gm] let [C] them _ show _ [F] your true [C] _
_ colors ♪
♪ [F] Your true [C] _
_ colors [D] are _ _ [G]
beautiful [C] _ _ [G] like a _ _ _ _ rainbow ♪
[C] _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ ♪ Show [D] me [C] a smile and _ _ _ _ don't be unhappy ♪
♪ Can't remember when _ [Gm] _ [C] _ I last saw you laughing ♪
♪ If this world makes [Gm] you crazy [Em] and you're taking [Bb] all you can bear [Am] ♪
♪ Will you call [G] me up?
_ Because [F] you know [C] I'll be there ♪
♪ And I see [F] your true _
[C] _ colors _ _ [Gm] _ shining through ♪
♪ I [C] see [Fm] your true [C] _ _ colors _ [F] and [C] that's why I _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] love [C] you ♪
♪ Don't need to let them show _ [F] your true [C] _ _ _ colors ♪
♪ [F] Your true _ [C] _ _ colors, [F] your true _ [Gm] _ _ [C] colors [Gm] keep shining through _ _ ♪
♪ [C] I see [F] your true [C] _ colors _ [F] and that's [G] why I _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] love you ♪
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ And listen, _ [Bb] _ _
that wasn't [G] for a militant [Bb] thing.
It was when I was little it meant [C] power to me.
[N] _ _
_ So _ _ remember _ where your real power was.
It's in your heart [B] and your reason. _ _
Those are your tools, [Bb] son-in-law. _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ Let them [C] show _ _ [F] the true [C] _ _
colors, _ [F] _ true [C] _ _
colors _ [D] of [Gm] _ you, _ son.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Take care of each other.
_ _ We're all we got.
Thank you, each other.
Have a great year.
I love you.
Salute.
Big O. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _