Intro:   C#m      A     B     C#m     E     F# 
 
C#m      A	B 
I was an August baby 
C#m     E	      F#	C#m  
Con  -  ceived by the Christmas lights 
C#m	    A      B	     C#m      
I came in - to the world by the setting sun 
E          F#		    
On a humid summer night 
 
	A				              
When my grandmother held me for the very first time 
	    B 
She thanked God I looked like my daddy 
      A 
And I never quite knew just what she meant 
      B 
But I knew she was a little too happy 
	  C#m 
And now I see 
 
	  A		   B	    C#m 
You can't change a stubborn mind 
	  E       F#		C#m 
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind 
    	 A      B     F# 
What does it matter any - way 
       A 
In our darkest hour 
      B		         C#m	 A 	 B	 C#m	      E  F# 
We're all just shades of grey 
 
C#m	 A		    B       C#m 
They got married in a tiny chapel 
     E      F# 
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C#m	      A	     B    C#m 
Malcolm X was on the ra - dio 
        E	        F# 
When he took her as his wife 
 
        A 
And she looked so pretty that September day 
	B 
And her older brother cried as he gave her away 
	A		   			            B 
And the minister looked like he didn't know what to say 
    	    C#m 
And then he spoke 
 
	  A	   B	    C#m 
You can't change a stubborn mind 
	  E       F#	        C#m 
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind 
	     A	    B     F# 
What does it matter any - way 
       A 
In our darkest hour 
      B	                 F#	 A 	 B	 F#       A       B 
We're all just shades of grey 
 
Solo:     C#m       A       B       C#m        E       F#      x2 
  
 
        A				              
When my grandmother held me for the very first time 
   	 B 
She thanked God I looked like my daddy 
      A 
And I never gave a damn just what she meant 
      B 
But I knew she was a little too happy 
	  C#m 
And now I see 
 
	  A	   B	   C#m 
You can't change a stubborn mind 
	  E       F#	        C#m 
You can't see the world if your eyes are blind 
	     A	    B     F# 
What does it matter any - way 
       A 
In our darkest hour 
      B		         F# 
We're all just shades of grey 
       A	 	 B 
In our darkest hour we're all just shades of  
F#	  	 A 
Darkest hour we're all just 
B	  C#m       A       B 
Shades of grey 
	  C#m       E       F# 
Hey, Hey, Hey 
    	          C#m	   B       A 
It doesn't matter anyway 
C#m 
Don't give a damn 
Don't give a damn 
	     E 	      F# 
Don't give a damn 
          C#m 
What they say 
      A        B	 C#m 
We're all just shades of grey 
      E        F#        C#m	   A	  B 
We're all just shades of grey 
	  F# 
Shades of grey 
Hey.....