Extreme – Color Me Blind (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb) Video Lesson
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Version ------- Album: III Sides to Every Story, 1992 Duration: 5:00
Author's notes
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The author's notes, delimited by {}, can specify, inter alia:
- the 1st measure beat count: 2-pulse beats 1 & 2 &... or 3-pulse beats 1 & a 2 & a...
- the beginning of each measure, possibly followed by the number of beats it contains, like | or |3 - the measure beat of each chord change, like @4 @4& @4a for 1st, 2nd or 3rd pulse of 4th beat append + to add a ½ pulse, like @4+ (between @4 and @4&) - measure repetition, like |@1x2 or (|@1 @3 |@1) x4 - tablature references, like TGA - start+/stop-/break without sustain!/break with sustain* drums(D), bass(B), like +D -B !DB *B - for more details, see my UG profile (jeanluclandry1, https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/u/jeanluclandry1)
Tablatures
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TGA Intro
e|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-|---------------|3-------------3|--------3------|3--------------|
A|-|---------------|----5----------|--5-------5----|----5----------|
E|3|--0-1-2-3-0-1-2|------3---3----|----3-------3--|------3---3---3|
  & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-4-2----------|
D|---------------|3-------------3|--------3------|------5---5----|
A|---------------|----5----------|--5-------5----|---------------|
E|--0-1-2-3-0-1-2|------3---3----|----3-------3--|---------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

TGB Instrumental 2
e|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-4-2----------|
D|-|---------------|3-------------3|--------3------|------5---5----|
A|-|---------------|----5----------|--5-------5----|---------------|
E|3|--0-1-2-3-0-1-2|------3---3----|----3-------3--|---------------|
  & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

TGC Outro
e|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
G|-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-|---------------|3-------------3|--------3------|3--------------|
A|-|---------------|----5----------|--5-------5----|----5----------|
E|3|--0-1-2-3-0-1-2|------3---3----|----3-------3--|------3---3---3|
  & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------3------|-----
D|---------------|---------------|--2-3-4-5-4-3-2|--------3-----3|----3
A|---------------|---------------|---------------|5-4-3-2-1-----0|-----
E|--0-1-2-3-0-1-2|3-0-1-2-3-0-1-2|3--------------|---------------|----4
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2
[Chords] -------- {Intro/bridge} {Dm/A x0x231} {A x0x220} {Verse} {A/E 0x765x} {D/E 0x777x} {Pre-chorus} {Cadd9 x32033} {G/B x20033} {Gm/A# x10033} {F#7sus4 242422} {F#7 242322} {G5 355xxx} {A5 577xxx} {Chorus} {G5 3x0033} {A5 x022xx} {Instrumental bridge} {E5 022xxx} {C5 x355xx} {D5 x577xx} {A5 577xxx} {G5 355xxx}
{F5      x-8-10-10-x-x}
{G5      x-10-12-12-x-x}
* = strum once ============================================================= {Count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & } {Most measures contain 4 beats, two 2-beat measures in intro} {65 then 130 bpm } ============================================================= [Intro] ------- {-DB |4@1 |4 @3 |2@1 |4@1 |2@1 bpmX2 |4 +DB@4&TGA}
       Dm/A            A      N.C.  Dm/A     A                G5
       (Ah)   color me blind        color me blind
[Instrumental 1] ---------------- {|@1 x8} G5 [Verse 1] --------- {|@1 | |@1 | |@1 | |@1 | }
  Em7         A/E         D/E         Em
  I     had a dream, last night I was blind
{ |@1 | |@1 | |@1 | |@1 | }
    Em7          A/E           D/E        Em
And I   couldn't see see see color of any kind
[Pre-chorus 1] -------------- {|@1 | |@1 | }
  Cadd9                                   G/B
  Picture the world minus a rainbow, when day becomes night, then where will the sun go?
{|@1 | |@1 @3 |@1 @3}
  Gm/A#                                 F#7sus4  F#7         G5         A5
  Dancing alone, just me and my shadow, color me blind, so I can see no evil
[Chorus 1] ---------- {|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1}
  D            G5              F                Em
  Why do we dream in black and white? (color me blind)
{|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1 @4&TGB}
  D            G5              F                A5     G5
  Why do we dream in black and white? (color me blind) Yeah
[Instrumental 2] ---------------- {|@1 x4} G5 [Verse 2] --------- {|@1 | |@1 | |@1 | |@1 | }
  Em7         A/E          D/E                Em
  I     had a dream, I was looking   over the mountain
{ |@1 | |@1 | |@1 | |@1 | }
    Em7               A/E          D/E                Em
But I've, I've yet to see the, the so-called promised land
[Pre-chorus 2] -------------- {|@1 | |@1 | }
  Cadd9                                G/B
  Picture the world without any color, you couldn't tell one face from the other
{ |@1 | |@1 @3 |@1 @3}
  Gm/A#                                           F#7sus4       F#7           G5     A5
I don't understand why we fight with our brother, Color me blind, just to love one another
[Chorus 2] ---------- {|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1}
  D            G5              F                Em
  Why do we dream in black and white? (color me blind)
{|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1}
  D            G5              F                A5
  Why do we dream in black and white? (color me blind)
[Chorus 3] ---------- {|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1}
  D            G5              F                Em
  Why do we dream in black and white? (color me blind)
{|@1 |@1 |@1}
  D            G5              F
  Why do we dream in black and white?
[Bridge] -------- {|@1 | |@1 | |@1 | |@1 | }
  Dm/A           A       Dm/A       A
  (Ah)  Color me blind,  co  lor me blind!
[Instrumental bridge] --------------------- {(@4& | @3 @3& @4 @4& | @1& @3 @3& @4& | @3 @3& @4 @4& | @1& @3 @3&) x2}
  E5    C5 D5  E5 N.C.  E5  C5 D5  E5    C5 D5  E5 N.C.  E5  A5 G5
{ @4& | @3 @3& @4 @4& | @1& @3 @3& @4& | @3 @3& @4 @4& | @1& @3 @3&}

  A5    F5 G5  A5 N.C.  A5  F5 G5  A5    F5 G5  A5 N.C.  A5  D5 C5
{ @4& | @3 @3& @4 @4& | @1& @3 @3& @4& | @3 @3& @4 @4& | @1&}
E5 C5 D5 E5 N.C. E5 C5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 N.C. E5 [Pre-chorus 3] -------------- {|@1 | |@1 | }
  Cadd9                                   G/B
  Picture the world minus a rainbow, when day becomes night, then where will the sun go?
{|@1 | |@1 @3& @4& | }
  Gm/A#                                   F#7             F#7sus4 F#7
  Dancing alone, just me and my shadow, color me blind, so I    can  see no evil
[Pre-chorus 4] -------------- {|@1 | |@1 | }
  Cadd9                                G/B
  Picture the world without any color, you couldn't tell one face from the other
{ |@1 | |@1 @3 |@1 @3}
  Gm/A#                                           F#7sus4 F#7 G5      A5
I don't understand why we fight with our brother, color...      color me blind!
[Chorus 4] ---------- {|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1}
  D            G5              F                Em
  Why do we dream in black and white? (color me blind)
{|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1}
  D            G5              F                A5
  Why do we dream in black and white? (color me blind)
[Chorus 5] ---------- {|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1}
  D            G5       F                   Em
  Why do we, why do we, why do we (color me blind)
{|@1 |@1 |@1 |@1 @4&TGC}
  D          G5          F       A5       G5
  Why do we, why do we, color me... blind
[Outro] ------- {|@1 | | | }
  G5
    Color me, color you, color me  blind
{|@1 | | | @3 @4& | @2}
  G5                                       A#5* F3/A*   A#5/G#*
    Color me, color you, color me  blind