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Colours Against Her Skin
Lyrics
[E] Then to the bedpost she [F#/E] tied her long hair
[G/E] And let herself out of the [A/E] Tower
[E] One cut and she [F#/E] left her life there
[G/E] A binding lock for a [A/E] lonely ogre
[emin] Down went the sun and the [amin] wild noises rose
[bmin/A] As she fled into the [c#min/amin] woods
[dmin] With a hint of red [ddim] on her face
[bmin] Rushing blood for hungry [Bb] wolves
Chorus:
She [Dmaj7] wears a [emin]cloak a-[Dmaj7]gainst the cold and
[Dmaj7] Colours against [emin] her [Dmaj7] skin [c#min]
Her [Dmaj7] face is [emin] feathers [Dmaj7]on a [emin] breeze
[Gmaj7] Mountains [Cmaj7] crumble with-[B]in [C]ooh[B]
Paint a [bmin] gray matte around [c#min] her and [g#min] Colours a-[f#min]gainst her [E]skin [F#/E] [G/E] [A/E]
[E] Safety waits on the [F#/E] empty plain
[G/E] Her body is her [A/E] house
[E] The sky darkens with the [F#/E] wind
[G/E] Tearing the shutters off her [A/E] blouse
[emin] The wind blows wild hair a-[amin]cross her pale face
[bmin/A] Pulling it long from her [c#min/amin] head
[dmin] Smothering her, [ddim] predatory
[bmin] Silent screams the faceless [Bb] Dryad
(chorus)
[E] Her irresistable [F#/E] tied loves the sand
[G/E] Blue wind giggles a-[A/E]cross her flesh
[E] She's moving farther from the [F#/E] shore
[G/E] Libra weights trust and de-[A/E]sire on her chest
[emin] The world's a blur to a [amin] fairy-tale girl
[bmin/A] She's running to find [c#min/amin] clarity
[dmin] Yes, she's running scared to [ddim] find herself on the Earth
[bmin] She doesn't belong to it; [Bb] it doesn't belong to her
(chorus)
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