Verse 1
Lovin' him is like, [B]drivin' a new [D#m]Maserati
Down a dead end [C#]street
[B]Faster than the wind, [D#m]passionate as sin
Ended so [C#]suddenly
Loving him is like, [B]tryin' to change your mind
Once you're [D#m]already flying through the [C#]free fall
Like the [B]colors in autumn [D#m]so bright
Just before they [C#]lose it all
Chorus:
Losing him was [B]blue, like I'd never [F#]known
Missing him was [C#]dark grey, all alone
Forgetting him was [B]like trying to know [D#m]somebody
You never [C#]met
But loving him was [B]red
Re ee ed, [D#m]re ee ed, [C#]re ee ed
Lovin' him was [B]red
Re ee ed, [D#m]re ee ed, [C#]re ee ed
Verse 2:
[B]When the morning came we [F#]
were cleaning incense off your [D#m]vinyl shelf
'Cause we lost [C#]track of time again
[B]Laughing with my feet [F#]in your lap
Like [D#m]you were my [C#]closest friend
Pre-chorus
[B]"How'd we end up on the [F#]floor anyway?" You say
[D#m]"Your roommate's cheap-ass screw-top [C#]rosé, that's how"
[B]I see you [F#]every day now[D#m] [C#]
Chorus:
And I[B] chose you[F#]
The one[D#m] I was [C#]dancin' with
In New York[B], no shoes[F#]
Looked up[D#m] at the [C#]sky and it was
The [B]burgundy on my T-shirt when you [F#]splashed your wine into me
And how the [D#m]blood rushed into my cheeks, so [C#]scarlet, it was
The [B]mark you saw on my collarbone,
the [F#]rust that grew between telephones
The [D#m]lips I used to call home, so [C#]scarlet, it was maroon
[B] [F#] [D#m] [C#]
Loving him was [B]red
Re ee ed, [D#m]re ee ed, oh [C#]red, re ee ed
Burnin' [B]red, re ee ed, [D#m]re ee ed
[C#]Re ee ed,
Bridge:
Remembering him comes in [B]flashbacks and [F#]echoes
Tellin' myself it's [D#m]time now gotta [C#]let go
But moving on from [B]him is impossible
When [F#]I still see it all in [C#]my head
And I [B]wake with your memory[F#] over me
That's a [D#m]real fucking legacy, [C#]legacy (it was maroon)
And I [B]wake with your memory[F#] over me
That's a [D#m]real fucking legacy[C#] to leave
Chorus:
The [B]burgundy on my T-shirt when you [F#]splashed your wine into me
And how the [D#m]blood rushed into my cheeks, so [C#]scarlet, it was
The [B]mark they saw on my collarbone,
the [F#]rust that grew between telephones
The [D#m]lips I used to call home, so [C#]scarlet, it was maroon
[B] [F#] [D#m] [C#]
The [B]burgundy on my T-shirt when you [F#]splashed your wine into me
And how the [D#m]blood rushed into my cheeks, so [C#]scarlet, it was
The [B]mark they saw on my collarbone,
the [F#]rust that grew between telephones
The [D#m]lips I used to call home, so [C#]scarlet, it was
[B]blue, like I'd never [F#]known
Missing him was [C#]dark grey, all alone
Forgetting him was [B]like trying to know [D#m]somebody
You never [C#]met
But loving him was [B]red
[F#] [D#m] re ee ed, re [C#]ee ed
Cause [B]loving HIM was red
[F#]red, re [D#m]ee ed, re [C#]ee ed
[F#]red, red [D#m]re-e-e-ed
So [C#]scarlet, it was [F#]maroon