Tuning: DADFAD

Capo 1 on recording, Capo 2 live

Intro/Verse:

  Dm                  Bb                 A
d | -----------7-- | x2----------8--- | x2-----------------8---8--------7----7-- | 
A | -------8---8-- |   -----8----8--- |   -----7---7--------------------0----0-- | 
f | -------0-----0 |   -----0-------- |   -------8---8-------8--8---------8---8- | 
D | -------------- |   ---0----0---0- |   -------------------------------------- | 
A | ----0--------- |   -------------- |   --0------------0------------0--------- | 
D | -0-------0---- |   -8------------ |   7-------------7-----------7----------- | 

-----7----7-- | 
-----0----0-- | 
-------8---8- | 
------------- | 
---0--------- | 
-7----------- | 

Dm
My darling, I loved you
  Bb
I long to become you
    A
And know what it is that you gave

Dm
We dance the sorrow
   Bb
Forgive me tomorrow

    F                  Gm
d | -------------- | x2 ---------------- | x2
A | -------------- |    ---------------- | 
f | ------4---4--- |    -------5---5---- | 
D | ------0---0--- |    -------0---0---- | 
A | ----0---0---0- |    ----0----0---0-- | 
D | --3----------- |    -5-------------- | 

      F                Gm                  F
And I pray night after night and day after day
                        Gm
Would you watch my body weaken

  Dm (Last Dm of verse only)
d | --------------------------- | etc.
A | -----------------0---0----- | 
f | -----0---0-------0---0----- | 
D | -----0---0-----0---0---0--- | 
A | ---0---0---0--------------- | 
D | -0-----------0------------- | 
                   Dm
And my mind drift away?

Dm    Bb    A

Dm                 Bb                  A
Dear lover forsaken, our love is taken away
Dm                 Bb
You were my speaker, my innocence-keeper
  F                 Gm               F
I don't night after night, day after day
                        Gm
Would you watch my body weaken,
               Dm
My mind drift away?

Dm    Bb    A

Dear lover forgiven, my love is driven by rage
Oh I should just leave you, instead I've deceived you
But I don't, night after night, day after day
Would you watch my body weaken
my mind drift away?

Dm                      Bb
I count to no one, hold nobody's ear
  A
I sold you my hand once and you hit me in fear
        Dm
I don't stand for the devil
        Bb
I don't whisper in ears
  F                          Gm             F    Gm     Dm
I stand on the mountains and call people to hear

   Dm/F                 Dm
d | ------------- | x2------------------- | 
A | ------------- |   ------------------- | 
f | ------------- |   ------------------- | 
D | -----0---0--- |   ------0---0-------- | 
A | ---0-0-0-0-0- |   ----0-0-0-0-0------ | 
D | -3----------- |   --0---------------- | 

Dm/F                   Dm                     Dm/F
It's a sudden burst of light, it's a fate foretold
      Dm             Dm/F     Dm
It is knowing, it is knowing

Dm    Bb    A

   Dm                        Bb
He longs for the answers, as all of us must
   A
He longs for the woman who will conquer his lust
   Dm                      Bb
He screams in the night, I scream in the day
   A
We weep in the evening and lie naked and pray

F           Gm               F
Night after night, day after day
            Gm               F
Night after night, day after day
                        Gm
Could you watch my body weaken,
                   Dm
and my mind drift away?


Dm/F                     Dm
It's a tempting communion
                Dm/F
It's a fate foretold
      Dm             Dm/F
It is knowing, it is knowing

    Dm4
   (play around with picking pattern, hammering 3 on the high d string)
d | --0(h3)----- | 
A | --1--------- | 
f | --2--------- | 
D | --0--------- | 
A | --0--------- | 
D | --0--------- | 

   D5  D5+
d | -0---0--- | 
A | -4---5--- | 
f | -0---0--- | 
D | -0---0--- | 
A | -0---0--- | 
D | -0---0--- | 
                       D5    D5+  D5  D5+  D5   D5+
What it is that you're told     Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Outro:

d | ---7-7-7------------7-7-7---------7-7-7----------- | 
A | ---5----5-5---5-----5-----5-5-----5-----5-5------- | 
f | ---7--------7---7---6---------6---5----------5---- | 
D | -------------------------------------------------- | 
A | -------------------------------------------------- | 
D | -------------------------------------------------- | 

d | -0-2-3-3p2p0------------3p2p0------------0------------------------ | 
A | -------------------0----------------0----0------------------------ | 
f | -------------0---0---0--------0---2------2------------------------ | 
D | ---------------2----------------0--------0------------------------ | 
A | --------------------------------------0--0------------------------ | 
D | -----------------------------------------0------------------------ |