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)
