Colours

Capo: 1st fret [Verse 1] D Dsus4 Bm7 D A Deep in - side the border Bm7 A Children are crying Bm7 Em7 Fighting for food D G Holding their heads F#m Em A D Breaking their bread with a stone D Dsus4 Bm7 D A All a - long the roadside Bm7 A People are standing Bm7 Em7 Watching the sun D G Shielding their eyes F#m Em A D Brushing the flies from their face [Chorus 1] D Em F#m G Tell me, what can you say D Em F#m G Tell me, who do you blame D Em D G Like a mirror you see yourself D Em F#m G These people each have a name [Verse 2] D Dsus4 Bm7 D A All a - round the township Bm7 A Young men are dying Bm7 Em of hunger and thirst D G The well has run dry F#m Em A D The tears from her eye feeds her son [Chorus 1] D Em F#m G Now Tell me, what can you say D Em F#m G Tell me, who do you blame D Em D G Like a mirror you see yourself D Em F#m G D These people each have a name (Drum Interlude) [Part 2] Em C G Em D (x4) [Verse 3] Am7 D You can say you're pulling back Am7 Em We see the pictures everywhere D But what we don't see is what's C Going on behind the closed doors G D And you don't seem to care Am7 D Do you expect me to believe you Am7 Em How can you really think D C You can take your horse down to the water G Hold a gun at his head D And make him drink [Chorus 2] C G D C No matter what you say, it never gets any better C G D C No matter what you do, we never see any change Interlude Em C G Em D [Verse 4] Am7 D People living without rights Am7 Em Without their dignity D C But how loud does one man have to shout G D To earn his right to be free Am7 D You can keep your toy soldiers Am7 Em To segregate the black and white D But when the dust settles C And the blood stops running G D How do you sleep at night? [Chorus 2] C G D C No matter what you say, it never gets any better C G D C No matter what you do, we never see any change C G D C No matter what you say, it never gets any better C G D C No matter what you do, we never see any change [Interlude Again] Em C G Em D (4x) [Verse 5] Am7 D What makes you so high and mighty Am7 Em What makes you so qualified D You can sit there and say C How many have their freedom G D But how many more have died Am7 D You decide to sit in judgement Am7 Em Trying to play God yourself D C Oh but someday soon the buck is gonna stop G D Stop with you and no one else [Chorus 2] C G D C No matter what you say, it never gets any better C G D C No matter what you do, we never see any change C G D C No matter what you say, it never gets any better C G D C No matter what you do, we never see any change [Postlude 1 (band still playing)] Em C G Em D (4x) Em C G Em (2x) Em C G Em D [Postlude 2 (synth only)] Em C G Em D (2x) Em C G Em (2x) Em C G Em D