Color In Your Cheeks Chords by Ibibio Sound Machine

Tempo:
132.6 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

G#

G#m

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ibibio Sound Machine "Color in Your Cheeks" chords
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[A] .
[G#m] [A] [E] [A] [F#m] .
[E] [B] .
[A] [G#m] [A] [G#m] .
[A] .
[G#] [E] [A] .
[E] [F#m] She .
[G#m] came in on a red-eye, to Dallas, Fort Worth, all the way from sunny Taipei.
[B] .
Skin color of a walnut shell, [E] and a baseball cap holding down her black hair.
She came here [G#m] after [A] midnight.
[G#] The hot weather [C#] made her feel right at home.
[E] Come on in.
[G#] [A] You haven't slept a wink, so drink some [G#] of this.
[C#] It'll put color in your cheeks.
[E] You drove in from [A] Mississippi, I know what's [F#] for you, but you don't [G#] need to buy.
[A] We took [F#m] the kid on [E] the bus for five minutes, [C#] looking in his eyes.
I [F#] know we all knew he [G#] was broken [A] pretty bad, so we gave him [F#] what we had.
A glass of spray spray, [G#m] to sleep in in the night.
[A] The silence that I trade by, [B] make it smooth and swell.
Come [E] on in.
[C#] You haven't slept a wink, so drink [F#] some of this.
[G#] It'll [A] put color in your cheeks.
[E] .
[C#] [A] [G#] [E] .
[A] [B] .
[E] You [G#] drove in [A] by the Dada, walking [G#] on the road.
Someone brought [C#] out, someone dead on their feet.
[E] And they came from [G#m] Zimbabwe, [A] coming from Soviet Georgia.
[G#] And they're still loose, they're still in Paris, [A] they're all the way across the street.
I think [F#] they came, and they finally [G#] made it here.
And [F#] this is what I have [G#] to do, [A] to make up for the pain of [E] the morning.
[C#] You [C#m] haven't slept a [C#] wink, so drink some of this.
[G#m] This'll put [F#m] color in your cheeks.
.
[G#] .
[F#] [F#m] [A] .
[E] [C#m] .
[F#] This'll put color [G#m] [F#m] [A] .
[E] in your cheeks.
[C#m] [F#m] [E] .
[B] .
[C#m] .
[F#] [G#m] [A] .
[F#] .
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
G#
134211114
G#m
123111114
F#
134211112
A
1231
E
2311
G#
134211114
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To start learning Ibibio Sound Machine - Color In Your Cheeks chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: A, G#, A, F#, G#, C#, E, F#, G#, A, E and C#. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 66 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 133 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C# Minor in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
[G#m] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ .
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ .
[A] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ [G#m] _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ .
[G#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ .
[E] _ [F#m] _ _ She _ _ _ .
_ _ [G#m] came in on a red-eye, to Dallas, Fort Worth, all the way from sunny Taipei.
[B] _ _ .
Skin color of a walnut shell, [E] and a baseball cap holding down her black hair.
She came here _ [G#m] after [A] midnight.
_ _ _ [G#] _ The hot weather [C#] made her feel right at home.
[E] Come on in.
_ [G#] _ _ [A] You haven't slept a wink, so drink some [G#] of this.
_ [C#] It'll put color in your cheeks.
[E] _ You drove in from [A] Mississippi, I know what's [F#] for you, but you don't [G#] need to buy.
[A] _ We took [F#m] the kid on [E] the bus for five minutes, [C#] looking in his eyes.
I [F#] know we all knew he [G#] was broken [A] pretty bad, so we gave him [F#] what we had.
A glass of spray spray, [G#m] to sleep in in the night.
[A] The silence that I trade by, [B] make it smooth and swell.
Come [E] on in.
_ _ [C#] You haven't slept a wink, so drink [F#] some of this.
_ [G#] It'll [A] put color in your cheeks.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ .
[C#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [E] _ .
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ .
_ [E] You [G#] drove in [A] by the Dada, walking [G#] on the road.
Someone brought [C#] out, someone dead on their feet.
[E] And they came from [G#m] Zimbabwe, [A] coming from Soviet Georgia.
[G#] And they're still loose, they're still in Paris, [A] they're all the way across the street.
I think [F#] they came, and they finally [G#] made it here.
And [F#] this is what I have [G#] to do, [A] to make up for the pain of [E] the morning.
_ _ _ [C#] You [C#m] haven't slept a [C#] wink, so drink some of this.
[G#m] This'll put [F#m] color in your cheeks.
_ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ .
[F#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ .
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ This'll put color [G#m] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ .
[E] in your cheeks.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ .
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[F#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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