The One True Colour Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]As [Bm]one child i[D]s taught[G]
red on his mother's [D]knee
The one true [Em]colour
A neighbour is [F#m]taught blue
on his mother's [G]knee
The one true [Bm]colour
With [A]a f[G]ervour inherited,
[D]it will be sub[Em]sequently delivered
[F#m]Ignore the sp[D]ectrum[G]

[Verse 2]
Dear whom it [Bm]may c[A]oncern
[G]I feel as though I'm about
to [D]crash and burn
[Em]I think I'm falling and
there's [D]no return
I've [G]no idea to whom this [Bm]may concern
[G]I'm looking out at all the sta[D]rs and I learn
[Em]There's no one up above
to [D]hear me yearn
I'm [G]on my [Bm]own
In the [A]aren

[Verse 3]
[G]a of the endless unk[D]nown
Do not [Em]stage theatre
Do not stage [F#m]theatre and call it [G]truth
And call it [Bm]truth
And when one [A]child is [G]taught
red on his mother's [D]knee
It must be [Em]subsequently delivered
With [F#m]all of th[D]e spectr[G]um

[Verse 4]
Dear whom it [Bm]may c[A]oncern
[G]I feel as though I'm about
to [D]crash and burn
[Em]I think I'm falling and
there's [D]no return
I've [G]no idea to whom this [Bm]may concern
[G]I'm looking out at all the[D] stars and I learn
[Em]There's no one up above
to [D]hear me yearn
I'm [G]on my own

[Verse 5]
[G]Someone [Bm]has [G]whipped the
carpet from be[D]neath my feet
[Em]Someone upturned the f[D]ur
niture [G]in my mind
But oh, [Bm]how rich t[D]he soil
How [G]wondrous the up[Bm]heaval
It's time to em[C]bark
[G]But oh, [Bm]how rich t[D]he soil
How [G]wondrous the up[Bm]heaval
It's time to [C]em [G]bark

[Verse 6]
To [Bm]dissect is to broaden the adventure
(but oh, how rich [D]the soil)
[G]And enrich one's tenure
(how wondrous [Bm]the upheaval)
So do not blunt [C]the surgeon's knife
[G](it's time to embark)

[Verse 7]
To dissect [Bm]is to broaden the adventure ([D]but oh,
how rich the soil)
[G]And enrich one's tenure
(how wondrous [Bm]the upheaval)
So do not blunt the sur[C]geon's
knife (it's time to em[G]bark)

[Verse 8]
But oh, [Bm]how rich t[D]he soil
How [G]wondrous the up[Bm]heaval
It's time to [C]em bark

[Verse 9]
[G]But oh, [Bm]how rich the s[D]oil
How [G]wondrous the up[Bm]heaval
It's time to [C]em bark

[Verse 10]
[G]Oh, there's so much to explo[Bm]re,
there's so much to ab[D]sorb
And then the [G]atoms that you borrowed
[Bm]They are returne[C]d to the cosmos
[G]There's so much to explo[Bm]re,
there's so much to [D]ab sorb
Then the [G]atoms that you [Bm]borrowed
They are re[C]turned when you're