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A Certain Shade of Green

Incubus
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Chords in this song7

Chords

Dmaj7 Dmaj7(2) D#maj7 Bmin7 A#maj7 Cmaj7 C#maj7 A6 Aaug5
E |-5-|  |-9-|   |-6-|  |-2-|  |-1-| |-7-|  |-8-|  |-x-| |-x-|
B |-7-|  |-7-|   |-8-|  |-3-|  |-3-| |-5-|  |-6-|  |-7-| |-6-|
G |-6-|  |-7-|   |-7-|  |-2-|  |-2-| |-5-|  |-6-|  |-6-| |-6-|
D |-7-|  |-7-|   |-8-|  |-4-|  |-3-| |-5-|  |-6-|  |-7-| |-7-|
A |-5-|  |-x-|   |-6-|  |-2-|  |-1-| |-x-|  |-x-|  |-x-| |-x-|
E |-x-|  |-x-|   |-x-|  |-x-|  |-x-| |-x-|  |-x-|  |-x-| |-x-|

Intro

Dmaj7 D#maj7 Bmin7 A#maj7

Verse 1

Dmaj7(2) C#maj7 Cmaj7 A6 Aaug5
A Certain Shade of Green, tell me is that what you need?
Dmaj7(2) C#maj7 Cmaj7
All signs around say move ahead, could someone please explain to me
A6 Aaug5
your ever present lack of speed
Dmaj7(2) C#maj7
Are your muscles bound by ropes?
Cmaj7 A6 Aaug5
Or do crutches cloud your day?
Dmaj7(2) C#maj7
My sources say the road is clear.
Cmaj7 A6 Aaug5
And street signs point the way.

Chorus

Are you gonna wait around till 2012 A.D.
Bmin7 A#maj7
What are you waiting for, a certain shade of green?
I think I grew a gray watching you procrastinate
Bmin7 A#maj7
What are you waiting for, a certain shade of green?

Verse 2

Would a written invitation
Signed, Choose now or lose it all
Sedate your hesitation?
Or inflame and make you stall?
You've been raised in limitation
But that glove never fit quite right
The time has passed for hand-me-downs
Choose anew, please evolve
Take flight

Chorus

Are you gonna wait around till 2012 A.D.
Bmin7 A#maj7
What are you waiting for, a certain shade of green?
I think I grew a gray watching you procrastinate
Bmin7 A#maj7
What are you waiting for, a certain shade of green?
Anyone wanting to learn this should listen to the song to figure out the jazzy
rythm and all the little chord variations mike plays. and I have no idea how
to play the solo.

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