Intro: G D/F# Em Bm (instrumental)

G                                           D/F#                                  Em                          Bm
Green was the color of the grass    Where I used to read at Centennial Park
  G                                  D/F#                   Em       Bm
I used to think I would meet somebody there

Teal was the color of your shirt  When you were sixteen at the yogurt shop
You used to work at to make a little money

D                                                       Em
Time, curious time. Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs
                    D                               Em
Were there clues I didn't see?
D                                         Em
   And isn't it just so pretty to think
                           D                            Em
All along there was some  Invisible string

                      G  D/F#  Em  Bm
Tying you to me?
G     D/F# Em  Bm
                    Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Bad was the blood of the song in the cab On your first trip to L.A.
You ate at my favorite spot for dinner

Bold was the waitress on our three-year trip. Getting lunch down by the Lakes
She said I looked like an American singer

Time, mystical time Cutting me open, then healing me fine
Were there clues I didn't see?
And isn't it just so pretty to think
All along there was some. Invisible string

                           G  D/F#  Em  Bm
Tying you to me?
                         Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Bm
A string that pulled me
Am                 G                              D
Out of all the wrong arms, right into that dive bar
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  Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire
Am                                  G            D                              Am
      Chains around my demons  Wool to brave the seasons
G                                 D                         G    D/F# Em  Bm
One single thread of gold. Tied me to you

Cold was the steel of my axe to grind For the boys who broke my heart
Now I send their babies presents

Gold was the color of the leaves, When I showed you around Centennial Park
Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven

D                                                         Em
Time, wondrous time. Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies
D                                         Em
And it's cool.  Baby, with me
D                                     Em
And isn't it just so pretty to think
                          D                                 Em
All along there was some  Invisible string

                       Am  G/B  D
Tying you to me?
                      Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
                      Me
                      Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

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