Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse 1]

^GGrow up poor in a motel home ^Cwe try and cry to keep us afloat ^DYou deny and lie and ^Dmleave us alone ^GTake a trip to entertain yourself ^CYou only know me as someone else ^DI must've been the so^Dmul you tried to sell

[Pre-Chorus]

^GI wanna runaway, ^GmI wanna be the man ^CI wanna take this^Cm girl as far as I can ^GI wanna runaway, ^GmI wanna be the man ^CI wanna take this^Cm girl as far as I can

[Chorus]

Is it the colour of my^Bm hair That makes you ^Ccare^C/B for ^Dme again ^G Is it the colour of my^Bm hair That makes you ^Ccare^C/B for ^Dme again ^G Is it the colour of my^Bm hair That makes you ^Ccare^C/B for ^Dme again ^G

[Verse 2]

^GWe take the last train at platform 3 ^CTo the town we found on an old TV ^DTry to escape the boy^Dm I grew to be ^GHow we get there, I don't know when ^CWe'll make a home, family and then ^DLeave the rest behind^Dm and left unsaid

[Pre-Chorus]

^GI wanna runaway, ^GmI wanna be the man ^CI wanna take this^Cm girl as far as I can ^GI wanna runaway, ^GmI wanna be the man ^CI wanna take this^Cm girl as far as I can

[Chorus]

Is it the colour of my ^Bmhair That makes you ^Ccare^C/B for ^Dme again ^G Is it the colour of my^Bm hair That makes you ^Ccare^C/B for ^Dme again ^G Is it the colour of my^Bm hair That makes you ^Ccare^C/B for ^Dme again ^G

[Verse 3]

^GGrow up poor in a motel home ^Cwe try and cry to keep us afloat ^DYou deny and lie and ^Dmleave us alone ^GGrow up poor in a motel home ^Cwe try and cry to keep us afloat ^DYou deny and lie and ^Dmleave us alone

[Pre-Chorus]

^GI wanna runaway, ^GmI wanna be the man ^CI wanna take this^Cm girl as far as I can ^GI wanna runaway, ^GmI wanna be the man ^CI wanna take this^Cm girl as far as I can

[Chorus]

Misc Originals - Thom johnston - colour of my hair