The Church – Chromium (Ukulele)

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Chromium appeared originally on "After Everything Now This" and was an electric version. There's a remixed electronic version on Parallel Universe. There's also an acoustic on The Church's "El Momento Descuidado" and Marty Willson-Piper's solo live CD "Live the Other Side." The lyrics appear in different order in different versions. The chords and lyrics here from the acoustic live version on Willson-Piper's live album. Intro: Dm G Dm F Dm G Dm F Dm G Dm F Dm G Dm F
       Dm      G      Dm
Silver needles Golden eagles

F          Dm    G      Dm
Frightened faces Basket cases

F        Dm     G          Dm
Jags and riches Queens and witches

F        Dm          G             Dm       F
Electric mantras And tight-fitting dreams

Dm    G       F
Never been so high

Dm    G       F
Never been so low

Dm    G       F
Never been so high
Dm G F
       Dm      G         Dm
Gilded flowers Long-lost hours

F       Dm       G        Dm
Morning programs With fake suntans

F      Dm          G      Dm
Meet a maniac in the cul-de-sac

F         Dm    G   Dm      F
Otherwise it's this ennui

F   G    Dm  G    F
Chromium platin'

G       Dm        G        F
All this waiting brings me down

G Dm G  F
Suffocatin'

G      Dm       G         Dm
All those colors bring me around

Dm    G       F
Never been so high

Dm    G       F
Never been so low

Dm    G       F
Never been so high
Dm G F
       Dm      G     Dm
Broken records Faded labels

F      Dm        G             Dm
Songs to sing to When you were young

  F        Dm          G         Dm
A tattooed pierced arm Fresh and perfumed

F           Dm     G   Dm    F
Switch your prison Fly away

F   G    Dm  G    F
Chromium platin'

G       Dm        G        F
All this waiting brings me down

G Dm G  F
Suffocatin'

G      Dm       G         Dm Dsus2
All those colors bring me around
Em Esus4 (x24400) Dm Dsus2
Em             Esus4
All those colors bring me down
Dm Dsus2 Em Esus4 Dm Dsus2
Em              Esus4     Dm
All those colors bring me round
Dm (x3) Dm G Dm F Dm G Dm F
                   Dm
And jewels on your fingers

G             Dm
Tears in your dresses

F        Dm           G           Dm
Fabulous mansions And damp little rooms

F             Dm
This one will shrink me

G             Dm
This one will grow me

F         Dm        G       Dm      F
Cue me to sleep And reality looms

F   G    Dm  G    F
Chromium platin'

G       Dm        G        F
All this waiting brings me down

G Dm G  F
Suffocatin'

G      Dm       G         Dm
All those colors bring me around