• Song:

    Scarlet Tide

  • Artist:

    Alison Krauss

Well, the proper version of this is a bit hard, and doesn't sound great on guitar,
so here it is in in they key of C instead of Bm.

It appears on the Cold Mountain soundtrack and was written by Elvis Costello.

Intro: C C! C! C x2


       C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)   CWhen (x32010@1)I recall his parting words 
           C (x32010@1)     FMust (133211@1)I accept his fate 
    G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)       GOr (320003@1)take myself far from this place 
              C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)     CI (x32010@1)thought I heard a black bell toll 
          C (x32010@1)      FA (133211@1)little bird did sing 
 G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)Man has no choice 
      F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)   CWhen (x32010@1)he wants every thing 



       C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)             CWe'll (x32010@1)rise above the scarlet tide 
       C (x32010@1)                       FThat (133211@1)trickles down through the mountain 
       C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)separates the widow from the bride 
         

            C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)   CMan (x32010@1)goes beyond his own decision 
           C (x32010@1)             FGets (133211@1)caught up in the mechanism 
       C (x32010@1)                 GOf (320003@1)swindlers who act like kings 
             C (x32010@1)       FAnd (133211@1)brokers who break everything 
             C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)    CThe (x32010@1)dark of night was swiftly fading 
                     FClose (133211@1)to the dawn of day 
 F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)       CWhy (x32010@1)would I want him just to lose him again 

Chorus x2

Outro

C C! C! C x2

C! is a chord which I have no idea what to call it, but it just this. 032013

Show more