Shades Of Grey

Transcribed By: Adam Klein


Intro:   C#m      A     B     C#m     E     F#


C#m      A	B
I was an August baby
C#m     E	      F#	C#m 
Con  -  ceived by the Christmas lights
C#m	    A      B	     C#m     
I came in - to the world by the setting sun
E          F#		   
On a humid summer night


	A				             
When my grandmother held me for the very first time
	    B
She thanked God I looked like my daddy
      A
And I never quite knew just what she meant
      B
But I knew she was a little too happy
	  C#m
And now I see


	  A		   B	    C#m
You can't change a stubborn mind
	  E       F#		C#m
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
    	 A      B     F#
What does it matter any - way
       A
In our darkest hour
      B		         C#m	 A 	 B	 C#m	      E 	     F#
We're all just shades of grey


C#m	 A		      B    C#m
They got married in a tiny chapel
     E      F#
19 - 65
C#m	      A	     B    C#m
Malcolm X was on the ra - dio
        E	        F#
When he took her as his wife


        A
And she looked so pretty that September day
	B
And her older brother cried as he gave her away
	A		   			            B
And the minister looked like he didn't know what to say
    	C#m
And then he spoke


	  A	   B	    C#m
You can't change a stubborn mind
	  E       F#	        C#m
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
	     A	    B     F#
What does it matter any - way
       A
In our darkest hour
      B	                 F#	 A 	 B	 F#       A       B
We're all just shades of grey


Solo:     C#m       A       B       C#m        E       F#      x2
 

        A				             
When my grandmother held me for the very first time
   	 B
She thanked God I looked like my daddy
      A
And I never gave a damn just what she meant
      B
But I knew she was a little too happy
	  C#m
And now I see


	  A	   B	   C#m
You can't change a stubborn mind
	  E       F#	        C#m
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
	     A	    B     F#
What does it matter any - way
       A
In our darkest hour
      B		         F#
We're all just shades of grey
       A	 	 B
In our darkest hour we're all just shades of 
F#	  	 A
Darkest hour we're all just
B	  C#m       A       B
Shades of grey
	  C#m       E       F#
Hey, Hey, Hey
    	          C#m	   B       A
It doesn't matter anyway
C#m
Don't give a damn

Don't give a damn
	     E 	      F#
Don't give a damn
          C#m
What they say
      A        B	 C#m
We're all just shades of grey
      E        F#        C#m	   A	  B
We're all just shades of grey
	  F#
Shades of grey

Hey.....

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