Biography:
As music fans we’re only ever given fragments of lives well lived, and we scrabble vicariously through them. Skinny Lister, though, have really given us as much as they can since 2009. They’ve led an endless parade gathering fans old and new, from the respected folk circuit to the riotous Download Festival, igniting pogoing mosh-pits at each. Over the past ten years they’ve travelled from rain-soaked London to the vast arteries of the USA, upgrading from narrow boat to Salty Dog Cruise
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro:
G
G E D G
Verse 1:
G
Lost among the brambles, those long cross-country rambles
E D G
Your hands stained red, from blackberry picking
G
Brave or was it foolish, you took off all your clothes
E D G
Your lips turned blue, from North Sea swimming
Chorus:
C E
Colours, colours of the summer
G D
My thoughts are drawn to them still
C E
The red kite against the blue sky
G D
My thoughts are drawn to them still
Verse 2:
Race down Chimney Bank faster than legs can carry you
Your knees are green from the tripping and the falling
Nothing to disturb us collapsed amongst the corn
The hazy gold of a lazy summer
Chorus:
Colours...
Solo:
G Em D G x2
Outro:
C E G D
Colours flash before us, flash before us, flash before
C E G D
Flash before us, flash before us, flash before
C E G D
Flash before us, flash before us, flash before
C E G D
Flash before us, flash before us, flash before
C E G D
Oooooooooh ooooooooh oooooooooh
C E G D
Oooooooooh ooooooooh oooooooooh
C E G D
Oooooooooh ooooooooh oooooooooh
C E G D
Flash before us, flash before us, flash before
G
G E D G
Verse 1:
G
Lost among the brambles, those long cross-country rambles
E D G
Your hands stained red, from blackberry picking
G
Brave or was it foolish, you took off all your clothes
E D G
Your lips turned blue, from North Sea swimming
Chorus:
C E
Colours, colours of the summer
G D
My thoughts are drawn to them still
C E
The red kite against the blue sky
G D
My thoughts are drawn to them still
Verse 2:
Race down Chimney Bank faster than legs can carry you
Your knees are green from the tripping and the falling
Nothing to disturb us collapsed amongst the corn
The hazy gold of a lazy summer
Chorus:
Colours...
Solo:
G Em D G x2
Outro:
C E G D
Colours flash before us, flash before us, flash before
C E G D
Flash before us, flash before us, flash before
C E G D
Flash before us, flash before us, flash before
C E G D
Flash before us, flash before us, flash before
C E G D
Oooooooooh ooooooooh oooooooooh
C E G D
Oooooooooh ooooooooh oooooooooh
C E G D
Oooooooooh ooooooooh oooooooooh
C E G D
Flash before us, flash before us, flash before
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