Prism Song Chords by Gale Garnett

When I was a little girl, my father gave me a prism, a little piece of multicolored glass to look at every time I wanted to cry,.
because the pretty colors made the cry go away.
Through the years I've looked at it, and finally I wrote a song about it.
It's a child's blues called the Prism Song.
It's very much of a child's song, and yet somehow very much of a blues.
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[Ebm] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [Db] _ _ [Abm] _ [Ab] _ .
Red _ _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ _ .
[Db] _ _ [Ab] and yellow, blue and green, [Gb] the prettiest [E] thing [Ab] I've ever seen.
You know it's red and yellow, blue [Cm] and green.
[Db] Lord, [C] this [Fm] world [Db] treats a little [Ab] child [Eb] mean.
[Ab] _ Going home from school today, [Db] I [Ab] met a nice [Bb] man [Eb] on my way.
[Ab] He gave me a prism, shiny and clean, [Bbm] the prettiest thing [Ab] I've ever [Eb] seen.
You [Fm] know it's red [Ab] and yellow, [Ab] blue and green, [Db] the prettiest [E] thing I've [Ab] ever [Db] seen.
[Ab] You know it's red and yellow, blue [Cm] and green.
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[Db] [Cm] Lord, [Fm] this world treats [Db] a little [Ab] child [Eb] mean.
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[Ab] Daddy left my mama, but I won't cry.
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[Db] Hold [Fm] my prism [Bb] to [Eb] my eye.
[Ab] _ .
Hold it there, [Fm] night [Ab] and day.
[Bbm] _ .
Hold it till the hurt [Ab] goes away, because [Db] it's [Ab] red and yellow, blue and [G] green,.
the prettiest [E] thing I've [Ab] ever [Eb] seen.
[Ab] You know it's red and yellow, blue and green.
[Db] [Fm] Lord, this world treats [Dbm] a little [Ab] child [Eb] mean.
[Ab] Heard yesterday my daddy was dead, [Db] _ [Ab] until [Bb] my little [G] heart bled.
[Ab] That was bad, but then today, _ .
[Bbm] policemen come and take my [Ab] mama away.
But [Db] I got red [Ab] and [Fm] yellow, [Ab] blue and green, [Db] the prettiest thing [E] I've [Ab] ever seen.
You know [Db] it's [Ab] red and yellow, blue [Cm] and green.
[Db] Lord, [Cm] this [Fm] world [Bbm] treats a [Ab] little child mean.
Police got a padlock on our door.
[Db] I [Fm] can't go home [Eb] anymore.
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[Ab] I'd go back, but if I do, [G] the man who got my [Bbm] mama gonna get [Ab] me too.
So I'll keep red and yellow, [Ab] blue and green, [Db] the prettiest thing [E] [Ab] I've ever seen.
You know it's red and yellow, blue [Cm] and green.
[Db] Lord, this world treats a [Ab] little child [Db] red [Ab] and yellow, [Db] red [Ab] and yellow, _ [Db].
[Ab] pretty thing, [A] pretty, [Ab] _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ pretty.
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