Key: G
Introduction: G D/F# Em Bm
G D/F#
Green was the color of the grass
Em Bm
Where I used to read at Centennial Park
G D/F# Em Bm
I used to think I would meet somebody there
G D/F#
Teal was the color of your shirt
Em Bm
When you were sixteen at the yogurt shop
G D/F# Em Bm
You used to work at to make a little money
D
Time, curious time
Em
Gave me no compasses, gave me no signs
D Em
Were there clues I didn' t see?
D Em
And isn' t it just so pretty to think
D
All along there was some
Em
Invisible string
G D/F# Em Bm
Tying you to me?
G D/F# Em Bm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
G D/F#
Bad was the blood of the song in the cab
Em Bm
On your first trip to L.A.
G D/F# Em Bm
You ate at my favorite spot for dinner
G D/F#
Bold was the waitress on our three-year trip
Em Bm
Getting lunch down by the Lakes
G D/F# Em Bm
She said I looked like an American singer
D
Time, mystical time
Em
Cutting me open, then healing me fine
D Em
Were there clues I didn' t see?
D Em
And isn' t it just so pretty to think
D
All along there was some
Em
Invisible string
G D/F# Em Bm
Tying you to me?
G D/F# Em Bm
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Bm
A string that pulled me
Am G D
Out of all the wrong arms, right into that dive bar
Am G D
Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire
Am G
Chains around my demons
D Am
Wool to brave the seasons
G D
One single thread of gold
G D/F# Em Bm
Tied me to you
G D/F#
Cold was the steel of my axe to grind
Em Bm
For the boys who broke my heart
G D/F# Em Bm
Now I send their babies presents
G D/F#
Gold was the color of the leaves
Em Bm
When I showed you around Centennial Park
G D/F# Em Bm
Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven
D
Time, wondrous time
Em
Gave me the blues and then purple-pink skies
D
And it' s cool
Em
Baby, with me
D Em
And isn' t it just so pretty to think
D
All along there was some
Em
Invisible string
Am G/B D
Tying you to me?
Am G/B D
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Am G/B D
Me
Am G/B D
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh