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      [Intro]
Em  C   G   G/F#  Em
C   D   G   G/F#  Em
C   D   G  
C   G   D

Em  C   G   G/F#  Em
C   D   G   G/F#  Em
C   D   G  
C   G   D

G   C   G   C


[Verse 1]
G                C                    D    C
  Well I want to take a streetcar downtown
G            C                  D     C
  Read Henry Miller and wander around
G                C                D   C
  And drink some Guinness from a tin
G             C                       D      C
  'Cause my U.I. cheque has just come in, ah where you been because


[Chorus 1]
C        D                G  G/F#     Em
  Everything is coming up -- rosy and grey
C                     D                        G  G/F#       Em
  Yeah, the wind is cold but the smell of snow -- warms me today
C                    D                           G         G/F#      Em 
  And your smile is fine and it's just like mine -- and it won't go away
       C             D         G    C
 'Cause everything is rosy and grey


[Verse 2]
G                           C                        D     C
  Well you've been under my skin for more than eight years
G                          C                           D     C
  It's been eight years of laughter and eight years of tears
G                           C                       D       C
  And I don't know what the future can hold or will do, for me and you
G                        C                   D           C
  But I'm a much better man for having known you, ah you know that's true because


[Chorus 2]
C        D                G  G/F#     Em
  Everything is coming up -- rosy and grey
C                     D                        G  G/F#       Em
  Yeah, the wind is cold but the smell of snow -- warms me today
C                    D                           G         G/F#      Em 
  And your smile is fine and it's just like mine -- and it won't go away
       C             D         G    C
 'Cause everything is rosy and grey


[Bridge]
Bm                Em                  Am                 C
   Well I've been told that there's a sucker born every day
Am               D   Am              D
   Well I wonder who,  yeah I wonder who
Bm                           Em                Am                 C
   Maybe the one who doesn't realize there's a thousand shades of grey
Am                      D              Am            D
   'Cause I know that's true, yes I do,  I know it's true, yeah
Am             D
   I know it's true, how about you?


[Verse 3]
G                           C                            D     C
  Well they're picking up trash and they're putting down roads
G                       C                            D      C
  And they're brokering stocks, the class-struggle explodes
G                       C                        D    C
  And I'll play this guitar just the best that I can
G                 C               D          C
  Well, maybe I'm not and maybe I am, ah who gives a damn, because


[Chorus 3]
C        D                G  G/F#     Em
  Everything is coming up -- rosy and grey
C                     D                        G  G/F#       Em
  Yeah, the wind is cold but the smell of snow -- warms me today
C                    D                           G         G/F#      Em 
  And your smile is fine and it's just like mine -- and it won't go away
       C             D         G    C
 'Cause everything is rosy and grey


[Verse 4]
G                          C                             D     C
  Well, I've kissed you in France and I've kissed you in Spain
G                        C                     D     C
  And I've kissed you in places I'd better not name
G                       C                D     C
  And I've seen the sun go down on Sacre Coeur
G                    C                    D             C
  But I like it much better going down on you, yeah you know that's true because


[Chorus 4]
C        D                G  G/F#     Em
  Everything is coming up -- rosy and grey
C                     D                        G  G/F#       Em
  Yeah, the wind is cold but the smell of snow -- warms me today
C                    D                           G         G/F#      Em 
  And your smile is fine and it's just like mine -- and it won't go away
       C             D         G     G/F#      Em
 'Cause everything is rosy now, everything is rosy yeah
C              D         Em
  Everything is rosy and grey

C  D  G  D  Em
C  D  G  D  G


    

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