Rose Coloured Glasses

For all you BLue Rodeo fans out there (including the apparently

large group of you Americans who follow the band - good on you!), I

thought I would post the lyrics/chords and ohmigosh TAB to

the first song I ever heard, and IMO, the very best one (out of

the dozens of VERY good/great tunes that they have put out over

the years!!): ROSE COLOURED GLASSES!

Note: this is my first ever TAB (yay!!!), so it is a bit ruff, and

in some minor cases, a bit incomplete. Nevertheless it should

give most people a real good start on learning more than just the

chords to the song. So, without further ado....

Rose-Coloured GLasses

BLUE RODEO

off their first album, Outskirts (1986)

In standard tuning: song is in the key of E

Intro: Play this 12 times, then strum the E chord once

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WHile someone is doing the above, on third time in the following

intro riff is played by Keelor:

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-7-7-55-5-4h5---------------------------------------------

--------------6-6-4---9-8-6-4--9-8-6h8p6-4-----------

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Fill One (F1)

g ---9-8-6p4-4---9-8-6p4-4-2--

The Song: After intro riff, start verse 1:

E A B/F1 (re: F1 = fill)

She sees the world through rose-coloured glasses

E A B/F1

Painted skies and graceful romances

I see a world that's tired and scared

Abm A/F1

Of living on the edge too long

Where does she get off telling me

Abm A/F1 B/F1

That love will save us all Save us all

(Note: the fills do change a little bit sometimes, but no big deal!)

Verse 2 (as verse 1)

She takes my hand and leads me to nowhere town

No matter where I stand it's always neutral ground

And in the cool of the evening blue

I feel so tired and alone

Where does she gett off telling me

That love can save us all Save us all

And its day after day I keep hangin around can you tell me why

Night after night I know I should leave

A/F1

But there's something in those eyes

B A/F1

That keeps me hangin on Im hypnotized

It breaks my heart and I dont know why

SOlo: The song is in the key of E, so just muck around withit

using the notes of the fill and whatever! The beginning

of the solo, just to get you started, is:

g -7777-5---775h7-5-2----

Repeat Verse 1, then chorus

note: after this line, this part is played by Greg:

"Day after day after day after day And I dont know why...

Intro bass riff, and

-g---99-8-6-4---2-1-2-4--99-8-6-4--2-1-2-4----22-1-2--22-1-2--b7p5-4-2h1 E

Well there you have it! If anyone has corections/suggestions, please

give em to me! (its the only way I'll learn!!!!!)

Thanks for your time,

Travis

Stuck in Yellowknife!!