I Was A Kaleidoscope

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  • Tuning:Standard
     
    Verse (Listen for Rythm)- You could also use a variation of the chords form the chorus.
  • | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
    e|---------x-x----x-x---x-x----x-----x---x-----------------------------|
    B|---------2-2----3-3---2-2----x-----x---x-----------------------------|
  • G|---2-----2-2----2-2---2-2----1-----2---2------7----6---7---6---------|
    D|---2-----2-2----2-2---2-2----2-----0---0------7----7---7---7---------|
    A|---0-----0-0----x-x---0-0----2-----2---2------5----5---5---5---------|
  • E|---x-----x-x----x-x---x-x----0-----0---0-----(5)--(5)-(5)-(5)--------|
     
    NOTE:Ben hits the D,G and B strings open palm muted on the downbeats between chords.
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    I put on my overcoat and walked into the winter
    My teeth chattered rhythms.
  • And they were grouped in twos and threes,
    like a morse code message was sent from me to me.
    and cars on slippery slopes were stuck:
  • people pushing through their mittens
    as I was beginning
    to feel like soaking through my shoes,
  • getting colder with every step
    I took to your apartment, dear. <- (REPEAT PART 4 FROM CHORUS)
     
  • Chorus (Version 1)Mess around with this chord progression.
    e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
    B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
  • G|-6-----6-----h7------0-----h4--------6-----h7------6-------|
    D|-7-x8--7--x4--7--x4--4--x4--4--x4----7--x2--7--x4--7-x2----|
    A|-0-----5------5------2------2--------5------5------5-------|
  • E|-0-----0------0------0------0--------0------0------0-------|
     
    or NOTE: both of these versions arent what he plays but these are the chords of the
  • and sound good in its place
     
    Chorus (Version 2)
  • e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    G|-------6---------------6----------------4---------------6---7---6--------|
  • D|---7-------7---7---7-------7---7----4-------4---4---7---------------7----|
    A|-0---0---0---0---5---5---5---5----2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5---5------|
    E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    *Chorus Ending (ending of the second Chorus in the song)*
    "...this aint workn' anymore."
  • e|---------------------|
    B|---7-----------------|
    G|---7-x8----7---------|
  • D|---7-------6-x1------|
    A|---5-------5---------|
    E|---------------------|
  •  
    Bridge/Interlude
    |1| |2|
  • e|-----------------|
    B|-----------------|
    G|--7-------4------|
  • D|--7-------4------|
    A|--5-------2------|
    E|-----------------|
  •  
    or
    | 1 | | 2 |
  • e|----------------------------|
    B|----------------------------|
    G|-7--5--9-------0--4--6------|
  • D|-7--7--7-------4--4--4------|
    A|-5--5--5-------2--2--2------|
    E|----------------------------|
  •  
    *Bridge/Interlude Ending*
    "and I got left there too."
  • e|--2-----x------|
    B|--3-----7~-----|
    G|--4-----7~-----|
  • D|--4-----7~-----|
    A|--2-----5~-----|
    E|--2-----0~-----|
  •  
    Outro
    "Was sent from me to me
  • e|-----------------|
    B|-----------------|
    G|--7---- 6-6~-----|
  • D|--7-x?--7-7~-----|
    A|--5-----5-5~-----|
    E|-----------------|
  •  
    Verse
    Chorus (no words)
  • Verse
    Chorus
    *Chorus Ending*
  • Verse (no words)
    Bridge
    *Bridge ending*
  • Verse
    Outro
     
  • Lyrics:
     
    I put on my overcoat and walked into the winter
  • My teeth chattered rhythms.
    And they were grouped in twos and threes,
    like a morse code message was sent from me to me.
  • and cars on slippery slopes were stuck:
    people pushing through their mittens
    as I was beginning
  • to feel like soaking through my shoes,
    getting colder with every step I took to your apartment, dear.
     
  • I was a kaleidoscope
    The snow on my lenses distorting the image of what was only one of you
    and I didn't know which one to address as your lips moved.
  •  
    This is when I foret to breathe and all the things I scripted,
    They sound so unfounded.
  • And it's the look that you're giving me
    that tells me exactly what you are thinking: "This ain't working anymore."
     
  • They got their mothers worked into a panic
    sledding down hills into oncoming traffic,
    and parents layered clothes until the children couldn't move then
  • and left them outside until their noises were blue, and I got left there, too.
     
    I put on my overcoat and walked into the winter
  • My teeth chattered rhythms.
    And they were grouped in twos and threes,
    like a morse code message was sent from me to me.
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