Nickel Creek - Green And Gray

all the chords/tabs i could find for this song suck . so i made one myself . it’s in A
different key and i made it by ear .
– homelesspirate

G Bm7 F Am
G Bm7 F G:x1

x2:G Em Em C G C D
G Em Em C G D G

Em Am G Em G Bm7
C G D Am G

G Bm7
in a room full of people , all hanging on one person’s breath .
F Am
we would all vote him most likely to be loved to death .
G Bm7
i hope he still wants it , but it might remind him of when ,
F G
he aimed for the bullseye and hit it nine times out of ten .
that one time his hand slipped , and i saw the dart sail away .
i don’t know where it landed , but i’m guessing between green and gray .
we thought nothing of it , but it still haunts him like a ghost .
with all eyes upon him , except two that matter the most .

he says
G Em Em C G C D
“green is the color that everyone sees all around me .
G Em Em C G D G
gray is the color i see around her , and she’s just a blur . ”

Em Am G Em
the more the crowd cheers , the less i can hear
G Bm7 C G
and they don’t really care what i play . it might be for her .
D Am G
but for now it’s between green and gray .

we paid and we cheered . now we’re gone and to us that feels right .
but for him every one of those evenings turns into a night .
with another hotel room where he lays awake to pretend
that he’s doing fine with his notebook and discman for friends .

he says “green is the color everyone sees al around me .
gray is the color i see around her , and she’s just a blur . ”
night after night what i hear , what i write fills the room
and my head starts to sway . it might be for her ,
but for now it’s between green and gray .

i want you to love me , he whispers , unable to speak .
and he wonders aloud why feelings so strong make the body so weak .
then he awoke . now he’s scared to death somebody heard .
if it was you , and you know her , please don’t say a word .