Violent Femmes – Color Me Once (Guitar)

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As recorded by the Violent Femmes (1994 release from the 2005 Album PERMANENT RECORD: THE VERY BEST OF VIOLENT FEMMES) [Intro] Dm Am Gm Dm Am Gm Dm Gm Dm [Verse 1]
Dm
Color me once, color me twice

Dm
Everything gonna turn out nice

Gm                          Gm
Everlasting arms, you gotta keep me from these false alarms
[Verse 2]
Dm
Alarm, alarm I see you so sad

Dm                              
Ring, ring I see you, I'm glad

Gm               Dm                    
Maybe, maybe the fire of her desire
[Verse 3]
Dm                                
Patience, patience, said the man

Dm                                      
Patience, patience, I can't understand

Gm                             
Patience like a man to a wife

      Dm                                           
I got patience on my neck like a cold, cold knife
[Verse 4]
Dm                                    
I say Jack be nimble, Jack fall dead

Dm                                  
Jack bend over and give Jilly head

Gm            Dm                           
Oh, you gotta help my body heal my soul
[Guitar Solo] Dm Gm Dm N.C. [Verse 5]
Dm                                  
Dead men working a sinner, a saint

Dm                         
Mixing up a pail of paint

Gm                                 
Painted the house, black as night

Dm                                         
When the sun came up, the house was white
[Verse 6]
Dm                 Am     
Gotta go on, gotta go on

         Gm         Dm            
We gotta go on, you gotta go on

    Gm           
You gotta go on

Am     
Go on

Gm    
Go on

Dm                                 
Try and live life like I couldn't
[Outro] Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm Am Gm Dm Am Gm Dm