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Shampoo

Elvis Perkins
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
G |-2--2-2-2-4-2-0-2--|
 In the last bar of the line while you're playing the chord.
 The chords are exactly the same throughout, so I only bothered to write them in
 for the first couple of verses.
 Enjoy!
Sweep  up, little sweeper boy,  it's you who's got the wig  on here
Sweep  up, little sweeper boy,  sweep up
Yellow  is the color of  my true love's crossbow
Yellow  is the color of  the sun
And  black is the color of a  strangled rainbow
That's  the color of  my loss
Black  is the color of  my true love's  arrow
Just  the color of human  blood
 You got a shot of shampoo
 Though it was made thirty years ago
 Yeah you still got a shot of shampoo
 Though you were made twenty years ago
 (Harmonica solo, same chords repeat)
 Speak up, little sweeper boy, they are hard of hearing
 Anything that anyone has to say
 I say yellow is the color of my true love's crossbow
 Yellow like the color of the sun
 Well black is the color of a strangled rainbow
 Just the color of my loss
 Black is the color of my true love's arrow
 Exactly the color of my blood
 But I don't want to die I'll ever die tomorrow maybe
 Above a near perfect square of sky
 You are worth your weight in gold, you are worth your weight in sorrow baby
 Though you will never know why

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Readable chord sheet for Shampoo by Elvis Perkins

G |-2--2-2-2-4-2-0-2--|
In the last bar of the line while you're playing the chord.
The chords are exactly the same throughout, so I only bothered to write them in
for the first couple of verses.
Enjoy!

[Em]
[Em] [G] [Am]
[Em] [G] [C]
[Em] [G] [Am]
[Em] [G] [D]

[Em]Sweep up, little sweeper bo[G]y, it's you who's got the wig[Am] on here
[Em]Sweep up, little sweeper b[G]oy, sweep up           [C]
[Em]Yellow is the color o[G]f my true love's [Am]crossbow
[Em]Yellow is the color [G]of the sun            [D]

[Em]And black is the color of a[G] strangled [Am]rainbow
[Em]That's the color o[G]f my loss         [C]
[Em]Black is the color of[G] my true love's[Am] arrow
[Em]Just the color of [G]human blood               [D]

You got a shot of shampoo
Though it was made thirty years ago
Yeah you still got a shot of shampoo
Though you were made twenty years ago

(Harmonica solo, same chords repeat)

Speak up, little sweeper boy, they are hard of hearing
Anything that anyone has to say
I say yellow is the color of my true love's crossbow
Yellow like the color of the sun

Well black is the color of a strangled rainbow
Just the color of my loss
Black is the color of my true love's arrow
Exactly the color of my blood

But I don't want to die I'll ever die tomorrow maybe
Above a near perfect square of sky
You are worth your weight in gold, you are worth your weight in sorrow baby
Though you will never know why

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