Tom: C#m

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.....