Flying Colours Cifras

JETHRO TULL – Flying Colours
from “The Broadsword and the Beast” (1982)
 
[Intro]
Em Esus2 Em C Cadd9 C
Em Esus2 Em Cm Csus2
 
[Verse 1]
Am                          G6/A
Shout if you will, but that just won't do
       F/A               G/A           C
I, for one, would rather follow softer options
              Dm                 G/D
I'll take the easy line, another sip of wine
       F            E/G#                      C/A    G/A  Am
And if I ignore the face you wore it's just a way of mine
   F         G      F E     Am G/A F Dm C
To keep from flying colours
 
[Verse 2]
      Dm                      G/D
Don't lay your bait while the whole world waits
       Dm7             E7                    Am
Around to see me shoot you down, it's all so second-rate
            F        G         C
When we can last for days on a loving night
Am     G                   C/G          D/G   C
Or for hours at least on a warm whisper given
F6/A                B            Em   D      C     Am
You always pick the best time to rise to the fight
   G              C/G                D/G    Em
To break the hard bargain that we've driven
     Am          G      F Em
Once again we're flying colours
 
[Verse 3]
Am                          G/A
I thought we had it out the night before
    F                   Dm7             C
And settled old scores, uh, but not the hard way
         Dm                  G/D
Was it a glass too much or a smile too few?
        Dm7                   E7                   Am
Did our friends all catch the needle match, did we want them to?
F          G                  C         Am
In a fancy restaurant we were all aglow
G               C/G       D/G     C
Keeping cool by mutual permission
F6/A              B                      Em   D  C      Am
How did the conversation get to where we came to blows?
G                   C/G    D/G    Em
We were set up in a red condition
     Am         G      F Em
And again we're flying colours
 
[Instrumental]
Am G/A Fsus2 G x2
D# G A5 D# G G#5 A5
 
[Verse 4]
Am                    G/A
Shout, but you see it still won't do
        F                Dm         C
With my colours on I can be just as bad as you
             Dm                           G/D
Have I had a glass too much? Did I give a smile too few?
        Dm7                   E7                   Am
Did our friends all catch the needle match, did we want them to?
F          G                     C              Am
We act our parts so well like we wrote the play
G         C/G             D/G     C
All so predictable and we know it
F6/A         B                              Em   D C   Am
We'll settle old scores now, and settle the hard   way
G                C/G        D/G      Em
You may not even live to outgrow it
      Am         G      F Em
Once again we're flying colours
G/A C   G/B G#5/A# A5
Fly-ing co- lours
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