Cherry-Coloured Funk — Cocteau Twins
Chords and lyrics for Cherry-Coloured Funk by Cocteau Twins (key of A).
Verse 1
A version for acoustic guitar without all the Guthrie-enhanced shoegazer
effects
As nobody knows exactly what Liz is singing, I took generic lyrics from a
Cocteau Twins Wiki
Intro
[A] [E] [D]
Verse
[A]Beetles and eggs and [E]blues and pour a little [D]everything else
[A]You steam a lens stable [E]eyes and glass
Not get pissed[D] off through my bird lips as good [F#m]news
Chorus
Still [C#m]we can find our [D]love down from behind[F#m]
Down far [C#m]behind this [D]fabulous, my turn rules
Verse
[A]Beetles and eggs and [E]blues and bells and [D]eggs and then blued
[A]Beetles and eggs and [E]blues and pour a little[D] everything else
[A]You steam a lens stable [E]eyes and glass
Not get [D]pissed off through my bird lips as good [F#m]news
Chorus
You'll [C#m]hang the hearts black and[D] dull as the night[F#m]
We hanged your [C#m]pass and start being [D]as you in ecstasy
[F#m]
(Still being cried and laughed at
before)
Bridge
Should I be [C#m]sewn in hugged I can by [D]not saying
(Still being cried and laughed at
from light to blue)
[Bm] [E] And should I be [A]hugged and tugged down [D]through this tiger's [Bm]masque[E]
And should I be [A]sung and unbroken [D]by not [Bm]saying
[F#m]
[Chorus] (You mind not saying)
He'll [C#m]hang that heart's black and[D] dull as the night
(Still being cried and laughed at from behind me, from gains)
[F#m]We hanged[C#m] your pass and star being [D]as you in ecstasy
(Still being cried and laughed at from behind me, from gains)
[F#m]Should I [C#m]be sung and unbroken by[D] not saying
(Still being cried and laughed at from behind me, from gains)
[F#m]Hugged and[C#m] tugged down through this [D]tiger's masque for key[E]
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