7 Shades of Black — Smashing Pumpkins

Chords and lyrics for 7 Shades of Black by Smashing Pumpkins (key of A).

Intro

[E] [F] [F#/C#] [Amaj7] [G#m] [Amaj7] [G#m]

Verse 1

I'm gonna make [A][G#m]it, [Amaj7]I'll take it, like everybody else.
[G#m] [Amaj7] [G#m] [Amaj7] [G#m] [Amaj7] [G#maj7] [G#m] [A] [G#maj7] [C#maj7] [Amaj7]
I'm [F#]gonna make [Em]it, [C#maj7]I'll take it, like everybody else.
[A] [E] [G#maj7] [C#maj7] [G#maj7] [C#7] [Amaj7]
I'm [F#m]gonna make it, [Amaj7/G#][C#maj7][C#/G#][F#m]I'll take [Bmaj7][Cm]it, like everybody else.
[F#] [Amaj7] [G#m] [A]
I'm [G#m]gonna make it, [Amaj7][G#][Amaj7]I'll [G#maj7][Amaj7]take it, [C#m][C#]like everybody else.

Verse 2

[E] [G#maj7] [C#] [A] [F#] [G#m7] [Cm] [C#maj7] [Amaj7] [B] [G#] [C/E] [Cm/D#] [F#m]
I'm [Em]gonna make [D#][Gmaj7/D]it, I'll take it, [Em]like [D#]everybody [Bm7]else.
[C#][G#m/B]Yeah, [F#m]I want to make it, [C#/G#]but they [F#m]don't worry.
[F][C#/G#]When [F#m]you scratch, scratch my down, [Em][F#m]I'll [Bm]show you [F]I'm the wrong.
[F#m] [Gm] [G#]

Verse 3

I'm [Amaj7]the lucky, the handsome, the blackest [G#m]color's not.
Stealing with stealthy [Amaj7]and stellar, I'm chewing [G#m]it right.
No, just the alien, [Amaj7]the dead thing, the pretty [G#m]edge of things.
I am the reason, [Amaj7]the monkey, so I'm not that thing.
I want you out there, [G#m]I want [A]you out there.

Outro

[G#maj7][F#][E]Follow me, hey, [C#]we'll one track, you [E]will find [G#maj7]us [C#maj7]the same head straight.
We're [G#m]gonna make it.
[F#m] [F/A]

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