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by Tilly And The Wall


Coughing Colors by Tilly and the Wall
Play with Capo on 1, all chord structures relevent to capo

[Intro]
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she homed with thieves
          
kicked up dirty leaves
          
she was a maniac
         
no one's heart attack
she got around
slept on the bad side of town
she was cooler than you
way cooler than me
she was true, all blinded and bruised
she didn't give a fuck
no he had given up
she was alive
she was caught on fire
she was everything
she was all of this



                         
she opened up and laid it all right there
              
she said, "no i don't mind
       
no, no i don't care
                                  
i'll help you shovel out my shallow hole
                         
and i know i know they're threatening
                              
but at least we're not the ones carrying
                             
such heavy heavy heavy stoning stones
    
and yeah i know they'll get you down
they'll do you in and they'll drag it out
                                     
'cause me and you, we are one of a kind

             
she liked to lose
           
never wore sunday shoes
                                     
she found his luck in wells and corner stores and jails
she was crazy
a downtown kind of baby
always dangerous, she got me down on my knees
she made it rain
she called the wind and then it came
oh with the wave of his hand
she brought the sunshine right in
she was the sky
beyond steeple and the choir
oh, the preacher's amen
his hallelujah child



                         
she opened up and laid it all right there
              
she said, "no i don't mind
       
no, no i don't care
                                  
i'll help you shovel out my shallow hole
                         
and i know i know they're threatening
                              
but at least we're not the ones carrying
                             
such heavy heavy heavy stoning stones

                                       
so when your bones are broke and you're all alone
                               
and the fog's so thick you can't see up close
                                     
just know that i will end up strangled too
                                 
and when the floods they come all rushing in
                           
and the boat is full and you can't get in
                                 
oh, it's okay if you don't want to swim
                
and when you're swallowed up, oh, don't you cry
just give right in, don't try to fight
       
'cause baby i wouldn't pay no mind
there's nothing you can do
                                    
they'll have you coughing up your colors
they'll have you coughing up your colors
they'll have you coughing up your colors
they'll have you coughing up your colors

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she sang the blues
                  
out of time and out of tune
         
spoke no silver spoon
     
only simple truths
she was a friend, stabbed backs and broke plans
she would give you her coat
or put nails through her hand

she was wise, full of magic and life
oh you could see it in his eyes
oh yeah i saw it in his eyes
she was more than this
oh way more than this
she was everything
she was all of this

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