Best to play without a pick:
1---&---|2---&---|3---&---|4---&---|I
E --------|--------|--------|--------|I--
B --------|a-------|a---a---|--------|I--
G --------|m-------|m---m---|--------|I--
D --------|i-------|i---i---|--------|I--
A ----p---|----p---|--------|--------|I--
E --------|--------|--------|--------|I--
While using Barre chords you may substitute F with Dm
[Intro]
Dm C Dm C
Dm C Dm C
Gm A
[Verse 1]
(Muted besides Gm A]
Dm C Dm C
Maybe we could go to Coney Island
Dm C Dm C
Maybe I could sing the national anthem
Dm C Dm C Dm C Gm A
Buy a white sweater for the last white day of the summer
Dm C Dm C
Buy my purple wig for my mermaid video
Dm C Gm A
Walk back to where I lived in my motel on Neptune (Avenue)
Dm C Gm A
[Chorus]
Dm C F Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm C Gm A
You say take it off, take it off
Dm C F Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm C Gm A
You say take it off, take it off
[Verse 2]
(Muted besides Gm A]
Dm C Dm C
(Maybe we could go to) Suede Tokyo
Dm C Dm C
Or see Van Halen at their reunion show
Dm C Dm C
Heavy metal hour on T.V
Dm C Dm C
Diamond Dave and Ray Lee
Gm A Gm A
And you salute me, Miss America
Gm A Gm A
Because I am, I am
[Chorus]
Dm C F Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm C Gm A
You say take it off, take it off
Dm C F Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm C Gm A
You say take it off, take it off
[Verse 3]
[Muted besides Gm A]
Dm C Dm C
Maybe we could go to Coney Island
Dm C Dm C
Maybe I could sing you to sleep
Dm C Dm C
God bless the universe, god bless the ocean
Dm C Gm A
God bless you and god bless me
Gm A Gm A
God bless you and god bless me
[Chorus]
Dm C#m C F Fm Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm C Gm A
You say take it off, take it off
Dm C#m C F Fm Gm
You call me lavender, you call me sunshine
Dm C Gm A
You say take it off, take it off