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Shades of Grey Chords

Music by: Billy Joel
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[Verse 1]
[Em]Ba b[C]a ba[D]du[C]wa Ba ba B[Am]aduwa[Bm]
[Em]Ba b[C]a Ba[D]du[C]wa Taa![Am]
[Bm]Ba ba baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Ba ba

[Verse 2]
[Bm]
[Em]Baduwa Taa!
[C]Some thing[D]s were

[Verse 3]
perfectly clear,
[C]seen wit[Am]h the vision[Bm] of [Em]youth
No [C]doubts [D]and

[Verse 4]
nothing to fear,
[C]I cla[Am]imed the[Bm] corner on tru[Em]th
These [C]days [D]it's

[Verse 5]
harder to [C]say I know
[Am]what[Bm] I'm fighting for[Em]
My faith [D]is falling

[Verse 6]
[C]away
I'm [Am]not that sure

[Verse 7]
[D]any[G]mor[C]e[G]
[C][Em][D]

[Verse 8]
[G]Shades of[C]
grey [Em]wherever I [D]go
The more I [C]find

[Verse 9]
out [D]the less that I [Em]know
[G]Black and white

[Verse 10]
[C]is how[Em]
it should [D]be
But shades [C]of grey

[Verse 11]
are the [D]colors [Em]I see
[C]Ba ba

[Verse 12]
[D]bad[C]uwa Ba ba [D]Bad[Bm]uwa
[Em]Ba ba Ba[C]du[D]wa T[C]aa!
[Am]Ba b[Bm]a baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Ba ba

[Verse 13]
[Bm]
[Em]Baduwa Taa!
Once [C]there [D]were trenches

[Verse 14]
an[Bm]d walls
[C]and one poi[Am]nt of [Bm]every[B] view[Em]
Fight [C]'til [D]the

[Verse 15]
other man fall[C]s
Kill [Am]him b[Bm]efore

[Verse 16]
he kill[Em]s you
These [C]days [D]the

[Verse 17]
edges are [Bm]blurred,
[C]I'm old[Am] and [Bm]tired of war[Em]
I [C]hear [D]the other

[Verse 18]
man's word[C]s
I'm [Am]not that s[D]ure

[Verse 19]
any[G]more[C]
[G][D][G][C][Em][D]

[Verse 20]
[G]Shades of[C]
grey are [Em]all that I [D]find
[G]When I [C]look

[Verse 21]
to the [D]enemy [Em]line
[G]Black and [C]white

[Verse 22]
was so
[Em]easy for [D]me
But shades [C]of grey

[Verse 23]
are [D]the colors [Em]I see
[C]Ba ba

[Verse 24]
[D]baduwa Ba [C]ba [D]Bad[Bm]uwa
[Em]Ba b[C]a Ba[D]du[C]wa Taa!
[Am]Ba b[Bm]a baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Ba ba

[Verse 25]
[Bm]
[Em]Baduwa Taa!
[C]Now [D]with the wisdom

[Verse 26]
[Bm]of y[C]ears I
[Am]try [Bm]to reason th[Em]ings out
And [C]the [D]only people

[Verse 27]
I [Bm]fear [C]are those
[Am]who [Bm]never have doubt[Em]s

[Verse 28]
[Em]Save [C]us all [D]from arrogant men,
[C]and all[Am] the [Bm]causes the[Em]y're for
I won't be [D]righteous

[Verse 29]
[C]again
I'm not [Am]that [D]sure

[Verse 30]
anymore
[G]Shades of grey

[Verse 31]
[C]are all[G] that I find
When [C]I look

[Verse 32]
to the [D]enemy line
There [G]ain't no rain

[Verse 33]
[C]bows
shin[Em]ing on m[D]e
[G]Shades of grey

[Verse 34]
[C]are the[D] colors I see[Em]
Shades [C]of grey

[Verse 35]
[Em]wherever I [D]go
The more I [G]find

[Verse 36]
[C]out the les[D]s that I kno[Em]w
There [G]ain't no rain

[Verse 37]
[C]bows
shin[Em]ing on m[D]e
[G]Shades of grey

[Verse 38]
[C]are the col[D]ors I s[Em]ee

[Interlude 1]
[Em]
[C](guitar

[Verse 39]
[D]solo)
[C]Ba ba

[Verse 40]
[D]bad[Bm]uwa Ba ba [Em]Baduwa Ba b[C]a Ba[D]du[C]wa
Taa!

[Outro 1]
Ba ba baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Ba ba Baduwa Taa!
[C][Am][Bm][E][E][Em][Em]
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