Nov72018

Tenacious D – Colors Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chord progression of Colors by Tenacious D on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
D
What was I thinking?
DMaj7 G/D A/D
All this rage, it’s the end of the world
D DMaj7
Spreading my hatred, I must sound insane
G/D A/D
To every boy and every girl

[Chorus]
G D Em D
Colors are the thing that make the world better
A
I’ve been seeing things in black and white
G D Em D
If we work together we can live forever
A
If we do it right tonight

[Verse 2]
D          DMaj7
Look at our oceans, the whales have gone away
G/D    A/D
Corporations ran amok
D          DMaj7
Look at our planet, now just shades of grey
G/D    A/D
No one seems to give a fuck

[Chorus]
G D Em D
Colors are the thing that make the world better
A
I’ve been seeing things in black and white
G D Em D
If we work together we can live forever
A
If we do it right tonight

[Interlude]
D – DMaj7 – G/D – A/D x2

[Chorus 2]
G          A
‘Cause colors are the thing that make the world better
Bm          G
I’ve been seeing things in black and white
Em       A
And if we work together we can live forever
Em    A
If we do it right tonight

[Bridge]
Em D/F# G D A
‘Cause fcking once a – gain we’ll call the fcking
Em D/F# G D A
Every time you mothertrucking
Em D/F# G D A C G D
And one last time, you’re going to fucking die

How to play Colors: key, chords and progression

Colors by Tenacious D sits in D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯), and you need 10 chords to play it: D, DMaj7, G/D, A/D, G, Em, A, Bm, D/F# and C.

Listen for D – DMaj7 – G/D – A/D (I – Imaj7 – IV – V in D major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – doh – fah – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.