Tom: C#5

Intro:   C#5      A5     B5     C#5     E5     F#5

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I was an August baby
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Con  -  ceived by the Christmas lights
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I came in - to the world by the setting sun
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On a humid summer night


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When my grandmother held me for the very first time
          B5
She thanked God I looked like my daddy
      A5
And I never quite knew just what she meant
      B5
But I knew she was a little too happy
        C#5
And now I see


        A5               B5          C#5
You can't change a stubborn mind
        E5       F#5            C#5
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
           A5      B5     F#5
What does it matter any - way
       A5
In our darkest hour
      B5                     C#5       A5        B5       C#5            E5            F#5
We're all just shades of grey


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They got married in a tiny chapel
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19 - 65
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Malcolm X was on the ra - dio
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When he took her as his wife


        A5
And she looked so pretty that September day
      B5
And her older brother cried as he gave her away
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And the minister looked like he didn't know what to say
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And then he spoke


        A5         B5          C#5
You can't change a stubborn mind
        E5       F#5              C#5
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
           A5          B5     F#5
What does it matter any - way
       A5
In our darkest hour
      B5                       F#5       A5        B5       F#5       A5       B5
We're all just shades of grey

Solo:     
C#5       A5       B5       C#5        E5       F#5      x2
 
        A5                                     
When my grandmother held me for the very first time
          B5
She thanked God I looked like my daddy
      A5
And I never gave a damn just what she meant
      B5
But I knew she was a little too happy
        C#5
And now I see


        A5         B5         C#5
You can't change a stubborn mind
        E5       F#5              C#5
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
           A5          B5     F#5
What does it matter any - way
       A5
In our darkest hour
      B5                     F#5
We're all just shades of grey
       A5              B5
In our darkest hour we're all just shades of 
F#5               A5
Darkest hour we're all just
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Shades of grey
        C#5       E5       F#5
Hey, Hey, Hey
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It doesn't matter anyway
C#5
Don't give a damn

Don't give a damn
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Don't give a damn
          C#5
What they say
      A5        B5       C#5
We're all just shades of grey
      E5        F#5        C#5         A5        B5
We're all just shades of grey
        F#5
Shades of grey
Hey.....