True Colors Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to True Colors guitar chord chart. This is an amazing song and whether you want to do the original Cyndi Lauper version or the beautiful cover by Eva Cassidy, both are sure to please at parties.
This song is MUCH better served with fingerpicking and simple chord arpeggios will get your far on this. For strumming, I would keep things very open.
Let's check it all out below.
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True Colors Guitar Chords:
True Colors Strumming Patterns:
For example in Cyndi’s version I here strum accents on 1 and 3
Strumming:
1 2 3 4
D D
For the verses, including Eva’s version:
1 + 2+ 3 + 4
DU DU UD
If you would like to do some picking for the intro, you can use the pattern below. This does play in other part’s of Cyndi’s version.
Am G/B C F Am G/B C F
e|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------|3-----3-3-----3-|3--------|
B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1----|
G|----------------|------2-------2-|----------------|------2--|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------|
A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|0-----0-2-----2-|3--------|
E|----------------|------1---------|----------------|------1--|True Colors Guitar Lesson:
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True Colors Chord Chart:
Verse:
|Am G/B| |C E/C|
You with the sad eyes, don't be discouraged
F |Am G|
Oh I realize it's hard to take courage
|C Dm| |C/E F |
In a world full of people, you can lose sight of it all
|Am G| |F C|
And the darkness inside you makes you feel so small
Chorus:
|F C| G
But I'll see your true colors shining through
|F C| |F G|
I'll see your true colors, and that's why I love you
|F C| |Dm Am|
So don't be afraid to let them show
|F C| |F C| G
Your true colors, true colors are beautiful, like a rainbow
Interlude:
Am G/B C F Am G/B C F
e|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------|3-----3-3-----3-|3--------|
B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1----|
G|----------------|------2-------2-|----------------|------2--|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------|
A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|0-----0-2-----2-|3--------|
E|----------------|------1---------|----------------|------1--|Verse:
|Am G| |C C/E|
Show me a smile then, don't be unhappy,
F |Am G|
Can't remember when I last saw you laughing
|C Dm | |C/E F|
If this world makes you crazy and you've taken all you can bear
|Am G| |F C|
You call me up, because you know I'll be there
Chorus:
|F C| G
But I'll see your true colors shining through
|F C| |F G|
I'll see your true colors, and that's why I love you
|F C| |Dm Am|
So don't be afraid to let them show
|F C| |F C| G
Your true colors, true colors are beautiful, like a rainbow
Interlude:
Am G/B C F Am G/B C F
e|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------|3-----3-3-----3-|3--------|
B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1----|
G|----------------|------2-------2-|----------------|------2--|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------|
A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|0-----0-2-----2-|3--------|
E|----------------|------1---------|----------------|------1--|Verse:
|Am G| |C C/E|
Oooo....
F |Am G|
Can't remember when I last saw you laughing (whispered)
|C Dm | |C/E F|
If this world makes you crazy and you've taken all you can bear
|Am G| |F C|
You call me up, because you know I'll be there
Chorus:
|F C| G
But I'll see your true colors shining through
|F C| |F G|
I'll see your true colors, and that's why I love you
|F C| |Dm Am|
So don't be afraid to let them show
|F C| |F C| G
Your true colors, true colors are beautiful, like a rainbow
Final Chorus:
|F C| G
True colors are shining through
|F C| |F G|
I'll see your true colors, and that's why I love you
|F C| |E7 Am|
So don't be afraid to let them show
|F C| |F C|
Your true colors, true colors
G (one strum)
Are beautiful, like a rainbow ...
Outro:
Am G/B C F
e|3-----3-3-----3-|3---------------|
B|--0-1-----0-1---|--0-1-----------|
G|----------------|------2---------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|0-----0-2-----2-|3---------------|
E|----------------|------1---------|This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
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