{title: True colors}
{artist: Cyndi Lauper}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 86}
{key: C}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{comment: 4/4, 4 = 86}
[C]
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X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
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"Am"gBcg "G/B"gBcg | "C"gBc"F"(A A4) |
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{start_of_part: Intro}
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [F]
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [F]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
you with the [Am7]sad [G/B]eyes [C]don't be dis[C/E]couraged, oh I [Fsus2]realize [F]
it's [Am7]hard to take [G]courage
in a [C]world full of [Dm7]people [C/E]you can lose [F]sight of it all
and the [Am7]darkness in[G]side you makes you [Csus4]feel so [C]small
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
but I see your [F]true [C]colors [Gsus4]shining through [G]
I see your [F]true [C/E]colors and [F]that's why I [Gsus4]love [G]you
so [F]don't be a[C]fraid to [Dm7]let them [Am7]show
your [F/C]true [C]colors, [F/C]true [C]colors are [Gsus4]beautiful, like a [Am]rainbow
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Link}
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [F]
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [F]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
show me a [Am7]smile [G/B]then, [C]don't be un[C/E]happy, can't re[Fsus2]member when [F]
I [Am7]last saw you [G]laughing
if [C]this world makes you [Dm7]crazy and you've [C/E]taken all [F]you can bear
you [Am7]call me up, [G] because you [Csus4]know I'll be [C]there
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Instrumental}
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [F]
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [F]
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [C/E]
[Fsus2] [F] [Am7] [G]
[C]if this world makes [Dm7]you crazy and you've [C/E]taken all [F]you can bear
you [Am7]call me up, [G] because you [Csus4]know I'll be [C]there
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
and I see your [F]true [C]colors [Gsus4]shining through [G]
I see your [F]true [C/E]colors and [F]that's why I [Gsus4]love [G]you
so [F]don't be a[C]fraid to [Dm7]let them [Am7]show
your [F/C]true [C]colors, [F/C]true [C]colors, [F/C]true [C]colors are [Gsus4]shining through [G]
I see your [F]true [C/E]colors and [F]that's why I [Gsus4]love [G]you
so [F]don't be a[C]fraid to [E7]let them [Am]show
your [F/C]true [C]colors, [F/C]true [C]colors are [Gsus4]beautiful, like a [Am]rainbow
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[Am7] [G/B] [C] [F]
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