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Violent Femmes - Color Me Once Lyrics

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  • Guitar chords: wtorres@bucknell.edu
  • Bass tablature: therapy@smug.adelaide.edu.au
  • Intro:
  • Opening/ending riff: [x refers to 10th fret]
  • G:|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|x--99--7--5-7-|
  • D:|0-------------|7-------------|8-------------|7-------------|
  • A:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
  • E:|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
  • G:|xh------|12h-----|--------|------------------------|
  • D:|0-------|--------|12h-----|------------------------|
  • A:|--------|--------|--------|12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7--|
  • E:|--------|--------|--------|------------------------|
  • [h = harmonic]
  • Verse refrain: [note x refers to the 10th fret]
  • G:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  • D:|-----xx-7----------xx-7----------------------------------------|
  • A:|5-77-------0305-77-------030---------------03-5--305305-530530-|
  • E:|----------------------------3-13-1-01-3313---------------------|
  • ^
  • |
  • This note might not be played...
  • [repeat through verse, repeat in a broken kinda way in some parts though]
  • Solo: (let open d ring occasionally)
  • G:|7--9--9/109--10--12--14-14-14-14--14-14-14--12--14--14/1514--15--17--|
  • D:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • A:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • E:|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • G:|19-19-19-19--19-19-19--12--14--14/1514--12--10--12/1412--10--|
  • D:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  • A:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  • E:|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  • G:|---------------------------------------|
  • D:|---------------------------------------|
  • A:|12-12-12----12-12--10-10--8-8--7-7--(5)|
  • E:|---------------------------------------|
  • D
  • Color me once color me twice
  • Everything gonna turn out nice
  • G
  • Everlasting arms
  • D
  • You gotta keep me from these false alarms
  • Alarm, alarm I see you sad
  • Maybe I see you Im glad
  • G d
  • Maybe maybe the fire of her desire
  • Patience patience said the man
  • Patience patience I cant understand
  • G
  • Patience like a man and a wife
  • D
  • I got patience on my neck like a cold cold knife
  • I say jack be nimble jack fall dead
  • Jack bend over and give jilly head
  • G d
  • Oh you gotta help my body heal my soul
  • Bass solo:
  • Verse 2:
  • D
  • Dead men working a sinner a saint
  • Mixing up a pail of paint
  • G
  • Painted the house, black as night
  • D
  • When the sun came up the house was white
  • Gotta go on
  • G
  • Gotta go on
  • We gotta go on
  • D
  • You gotta go on
  • You gotta go on
  • G
  • Go on
  • Go on
  • D
  • Try and live life like I couldnt
  • Guitar solo:
  • Outro:
  • Bass
  • G|-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-|
  • D|-0------------7------------8------------7------------|
  • A|-----------------------------------------------------|
  • E|-----------------------------------------------------|
  • G|-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7-10-9-9-7-5-7---7-|
  • D|-0------------7------------8------------7----------------|
  • A|---------------------------------------------------------|
  • E|---------------------------------------------------------|
  • Harmonic^

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