Chords for Rex Dallas - The Coloured Lad
Tempo:
126.85 bpm
Chords used:
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E
D
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[A] Not
[E]
so long ago he took a wife and a new world for the colored life [E] began.
He gave away his rowdy ways and swore he'd never live that [A] way again.
In the town he bought himself a home and through the door he took his new [D] wife in.
And [A] everything was perfect till [E] the neighbors saw the color of their [A] skin.
They were pointed at and talked about.
[A] Not
[E]
so long ago he took a wife and a new world for the colored life [E] began.
He gave away his rowdy ways and swore he'd never live that [A] way again.
In the town he bought himself a home and through the door he took his new [D] wife in.
And [A] everything was perfect till [E] the neighbors saw the color of their [A] skin.
They were pointed at and talked about.
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_ _ [A] _ Not _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ so long ago he took a wife and a new world for the colored life [E] began. _ _ _
_ _ He gave away his rowdy ways and swore he'd never live that [A] way again. _ _ _ _
_ In the town he bought himself a home and through the door he took his new [D] wife in. _ _ _ _
_ And [A] everything was perfect till [E] the neighbors saw the color of their [A] skin. _ _ _ _ _
They were pointed at and talked about.
It seemed their private lives were not their [E] own. _ _ _ _
There were petitions _ to the council _ by some which said that they should leave [A] their home. _ _ _ _ _
And when their newborn baby came they were _ ridiculed and scorned and on [D] the streets. _ _ _ _ _
The town's [A] folk would abuse them or [E] walk the other way whenever [A] they need.
It _ _ _ became so bad the colored lad _ was forced to take employment traveling [E] round.
_ _ _ _ _
And he went working _ on the pipeline _ while the ones he loved the most stayed [A] on in town. _ _ _ _ _
And no one seemed to care at all when the colored lad's young son [E] became [D] ill.
_ And _ _ _ no one even [A] noticed the small child in its mother's arms lying still. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The baby died and then his wife took her life.
I guess she just [E] lost heart. _ _ _ _
_ And now they rest where _ ridiculed and scorned will never tear their [A] world apart. _ _ _ _
_ And the colored lad walks aimlessly _ somewhere out beneath the [D] Southern Cross. _ _ _ _
_ Without his loved [A] ones life is empty [E] and alone with loneliness he [A] bears the loss. _ _ _ _
_ Not so long ago he took a wife and a new world for the colored lad [E] began. _ _ _ _
_ He gave away his rowdy ways and swore he'd never live that way [A] again. _ _ _ _
_ In the town he bought himself a home and through the door he took [C#] his new [D] wife in. _ _ _ _
_ And everything [A] was perfect _ [E] till the neighbors saw the color of their [A] skin. _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ [A] _ Not _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ so long ago he took a wife and a new world for the colored life [E] began. _ _ _
_ _ He gave away his rowdy ways and swore he'd never live that [A] way again. _ _ _ _
_ In the town he bought himself a home and through the door he took his new [D] wife in. _ _ _ _
_ And [A] everything was perfect till [E] the neighbors saw the color of their [A] skin. _ _ _ _ _
They were pointed at and talked about.
It seemed their private lives were not their [E] own. _ _ _ _
There were petitions _ to the council _ by some which said that they should leave [A] their home. _ _ _ _ _
And when their newborn baby came they were _ ridiculed and scorned and on [D] the streets. _ _ _ _ _
The town's [A] folk would abuse them or [E] walk the other way whenever [A] they need.
It _ _ _ became so bad the colored lad _ was forced to take employment traveling [E] round.
_ _ _ _ _
And he went working _ on the pipeline _ while the ones he loved the most stayed [A] on in town. _ _ _ _ _
And no one seemed to care at all when the colored lad's young son [E] became [D] ill.
_ And _ _ _ no one even [A] noticed the small child in its mother's arms lying still. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The baby died and then his wife took her life.
I guess she just [E] lost heart. _ _ _ _
_ And now they rest where _ ridiculed and scorned will never tear their [A] world apart. _ _ _ _
_ And the colored lad walks aimlessly _ somewhere out beneath the [D] Southern Cross. _ _ _ _
_ Without his loved [A] ones life is empty [E] and alone with loneliness he [A] bears the loss. _ _ _ _
_ Not so long ago he took a wife and a new world for the colored lad [E] began. _ _ _ _
_ He gave away his rowdy ways and swore he'd never live that way [A] again. _ _ _ _
_ In the town he bought himself a home and through the door he took [C#] his new [D] wife in. _ _ _ _
_ And everything [A] was perfect _ [E] till the neighbors saw the color of their [A] skin. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _