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Intro:   C#m      A     B     C#m     E     F#


C#m      A      B
I was an August baby
C#m     E             F#        C#m 
Con  -  ceived by the Christmas lights
C#m         A      B         C#m     
I came in - to the world by the setting sun
E          F#              
On a humid summer night


        A                                            
When my grandmother held me for the very first time
            B
She thanked God I looked like my daddy
      A
And I never quite knew just what she meant
      B
But I knew she was a little too happy
          C#m
And now I see


          A                B        C#m
You can't change a stubborn mind
          E       F#            C#m
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
         A      B     F#
What does it matter any - way
       A
In our darkest hour
      B                  C#m     A       B       C#m          E              F#
We're all just shades of grey


C#m      A                  B       C#m
They got married in a tiny chapel
     E      F#
19 - 65
C#m           A      B    C#m
Malcolm X was on the ra - dio
        E               F#
When he took her as his wife


        A
And she looked so pretty that September day
        B
And her older brother cried as he gave her away
        A                                                   B
And the minister looked like he didn't know what to say
            C#m
And then he spoke


          A        B        C#m
You can't change a stubborn mind
          E       F#            C#m
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
             A      B     F#
What does it matter any - way
       A
In our darkest hour
      B                  F#      A       B       F#       A       B
We're all just shades of grey


Solo:     C#m       A       B       C#m        E       F#      x2
 

        A                                            
When my grandmother held me for the very first time
         B
She thanked God I looked like my daddy
      A
And I never gave a damn just what she meant
      B
But I knew she was a little too happy
          C#m
And now I see


          A        B       C#m
You can't change a stubborn mind
          E       F#            C#m
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
             A      B     F#
What does it matter any - way
       A
In our darkest hour
      B                  F#
We're all just shades of grey
       A                 B
In our darkest hour we're all just shades of 
F#               A
Darkest hour we're all just
B         C#m       A       B
Shades of grey
          C#m       E       F#
Hey, Hey, Hey
                  C#m      B       A
It doesn't matter anyway
C#m
Don't give a damn

Don't give a damn
             E        F#
Don't give a damn
          C#m
What they say
      A        B         C#m
We're all just shades of grey
      E        F#        C#m       A      B
We're all just shades of grey
          F#
Shades of grey