Dm7 F Dm7 Bbsus2

[Verse 1]
Dm7                               F
  There's a noise upstairs in the attic,
Dm7                            Bbsus2
  It's the shuffle of worn out shoes
Dm7                            F
  And the scent of the oil and brushes,
Dm7                          Bbsus2
  Drifts down like a pale perfume

[Chorus]
             Cm           Ab
And he says, "I... I am a man
          Gm           Eb       Fsus2
A simple man, a man of colours
           Cm                  Ab
And I can see, see through the years
           Gm            Eb      Fsus2
Years of a man, a man of colours

[Verse 2]
Dm7                        F
  And the old man rubs his failing eyes,
Dm7                              Bbsus2
 And takes a moment to watch the view
Dm7                    F
  From a window nobody knows he's there,
Dm7                             Bbsus2
  He can see the empty street below

[Chorus]
             Cm           Ab
And he says, "I... I am a man
          Gm           Eb       Fsus2
A simple man, a man of colours
           Cm                  Ab
And I can see, see through the years
           Gm            Eb      Fsus2
Years of a man, a man of colours

[Instrumental]
Gm Eb Gm Eb

[Verse 2]
Dm7                                F
  He says, "I keep my life in this paintbox
Dm7                                 Bbsus2
  I keep your face in these picture frames
Dm7                          F
  When I speak to this faded canvas... It tells me...
Dm7                           Bbsus2
  I have no need for words anyway... "

[Chorus]
             Cm           Ab
And he says, "I... I am a man
          Gm           Eb       Fsus2
A simple man, a man of colours
           Cm                  Ab
And I can see, see through the years
           Gm            Eb      Fsus2
Years of a man, a man of colours

             Cm           Ab
And he says, "I... I am a man
          Gm           Eb       Fsus2
A simple man, a man of colours
           Cm                    Ab
And I can see, see through these tears
           Gm            Eb      Fsus2
Tears of a man, a man of colours

             Cm           Ab
And he says, "I... I am a man
          Gm           Eb       Fsus2
              a man of colours
           Cm                    Ab

           Gm            Eb      Fsus2
                a man of colours          (fade)