Scorpio rising Intro: (Drums) Fm-C#-Cm-; (2x)

^FmI’m old enough to ^C#know ^Cmthat my stars just^Fm won’t let go ^C# ^Cm At this da^Fmy and age I can see ^C#that ^Cmthe world was mean^Fmt for me ^C# ^Cm ^FmSome people laugh at what you’re^C# doin^Cmg, they hold you in^Fm the sand ^C# ^Cm Fm C# Cm Fm-C#-Cm I’m having hard time adjusting to these changes

Ref:

^C#I can see that your lips are ^Cmoving But I can?^Fm??t hear what you’re saying ^C ^C#Is it yes or i^Cs it no? Is ^C#it stop, or is it^C go? ^C#Is it suck or is^C it throw? Or is it me^C# or am I just to^Co slow?

Interlude: (do ICP, 4x) (Do stanza chords) I’m young enough to think that the world looks good in pink But as far as I can see that ain’t enough for me Some people hear what you’re saying, they pull you by the strings I’m having troubles taking things day by day Ref 2:

^C#When I see you I see red and gr^D#een ^CmYou’re like the biggest tree I’ve e^Fmver seen But it cuts ^C#you down, oh down to size ^D# The apple of my ^C#eyes is rotting in the ground ^D#

Interlude: (Do ICP 8x) Ref 3:

^C#I see the future burnin^Cmg in their eyes but I do^Fmn’t care what it’s saying^C# ^C#Is it high or ^Cis it low, is it^C# high or is it lo^Cw ^C#Is it sink or is^C it grow, is it twist^Fmer, a-he, he-he-h^Cmey

Interlude: (Do ICP 4x) Bridge: Fm (Pause) C (Pause) I wrote this song while I’m eating beans Fm (Pause) C (Pause) Now don’t you try to ask me what that means? Fm (Pause) C (Pause) It’s just like asking me to tell you my dreams Fm (Pause) C I would have told you long ago

But now it seems yo^C#u’re far away ^D# Here comes a loony bin,^C# come to take me away ^D# ^Cm You put a scar in ^C#my twisted face ^C In the yea^C#rbook I look out of place ^C I see my lett^C#er burning in your hand ^C C# D# C Fm-C#-C It took me 25 years just to understand

Coda: (Do ICP) Blue is the color of my skin Blue is the color of my skin (Drums) Blue is the color of my… Woh! Fm-C#-Cm-; (5x)