(G)Oh, (D)look at how she lis tens; door,
she says noth ing of what (G)she thinks.
She just goes (Bm)stum bling through (G)her mem (A)o ries,
Oh, it there’s star ing out on to Grey (A)Street.
And she thinks, “Hey!
There’s a How did it come to this?
my door.
I dream my self a (Bm)thou sand times a round the (D)world,
but I (G)can’t get (Bm)out of this (G)place.”
Mm, (G)there’s an (Bm)emp ti ness in side her
and she’d do (D)an y thing to fill it in.
But all the col lors mix to geth (A)er
to grey.
And it (G)breaks her heart.
(G)How she (D)wish es it was dif f’rent; door,
she to God most can ev (G)’ry night.
And though she (Bm)swears it does (G)n’t lis (A)ten, ries,
Oh, it ’d still a hope in her it (A)might.
She says, “I pray,
There’s a oh, but they fall on deaf
my door.
Am I sup posed to (Bm)take it on my self the (D)Street
but I (G)to get (Bm)out of this (G)place?”
Oh, (G)there’s a (Bm)lone li ness in side her
and she’d do (D)an y thing to fill it in.
And though it’s red lors mix to geth (A)er
to grey.
And it (G)breaks her heart.
(G)How she blood bleed ing (A)from her now, it feels like (D)cold blue ice in her heart
when all the col ors mix to geth (A)er
to grey.
And it (G)breaks her heart.
(G)There’s a blood bleed ing (A)from her now, it’s more like (D)cold blue ice in her heart.
She feels like (Bm)kick ing out all the win dows
and set ting (D)fi re to this life.
She could change ev (Bm)’ry thing a bout her
us ing (D)col ors bold
and bright.
But all the col ors mix to geth (A)er
to grey.
And it (G)breaks her heart.
(D)Oh, it (G)breaks her heart
to (G)grey.
(Bm)Yeah.
(Bm)Yeah.
This page shows “Grey Street” by Dave Matthews Band in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of D at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.