When Poets Dreamed Of Angels Tab by David Sylvian
When Poets Dreamed Of Angels (David Sylvian)
Tuning: standard (EADGHE)
I found some live version of the song so I got the chords for the song figured out quite
There might still be a few mistakes though.
Chords used:
Fmaj7-5 Em A Am Bm F G Edim7 Gm7 Am(2) Bbmaj7 Fm7 G# A# Dsus2
--0------0--0--0--2--1--3--3-----3---5-----1------1---4--6---0-----|
--0------0--2--1--3--1--3--2-----3---5-----3------1---4--6---3-----|
--2------0--2--2--4--2--0--3-----3---5-----2------1---5--7---2-----|
--3------2--2--2--4--3--0--2-----3---7-----3------1---6--8---0-----|
--3------2--0--0--2--3--2--------5---7-----1------3---6--8---------|
--1------0-----------1--3--------3---5------------1---4--6---------|
Well here's how I play the intro part of the song. At some point a second guitar comes
to mix it up, but here's my one-guitar version.
Intro:
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
-(12)-(7)-15-15-15p12------------------------------------------------|
-(12)-(7)-------------11-11h12p11----11-12-14-11---------------------|
-(12)-(7)-------------------------14-------------12----12/14---------|
-(12)-----------------------------------------------14---------------|
-(12)----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------(7)--------------------------------------------------|
----------------(7)-------------(7)----------------------------------|
----------------(7)--------------------------------------------------|
-10p9-------9-7-------------(5)---------5---10-10-10p9-7-5-7/9-7-----|
------10h12-------------(5)-----------9------------------------------|
--------------------(7)-------------7-----8--------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------(5)-----------------|
---------------------------7h9-9-------------(5)---------------------|
-9-------------------7/9-----------------(5)-------------------------|
---10-9---9-10-9---------------------(5)-----------------------------|
--------7--------7---------------(7)---------------------------------|
And then:
Em, Fmaj7-5, Em, Fmaj7-5, Em, A
Verse:
Fmaj7-5 Em Fmaj7-5
She rises early from bed, runs to the mirror.
Em A Am Bm Em
The bruises inflicted in moments of fury.
Fmaj7-5 Em Fmaj7-5
He kneels beside her once more, whispers of promise
Em A Am Bm Em
"Next time I'll break every bone in your body.".
F G A
And the well-wishers let the devil in.
F G A
And if the river ran dry they'd deny it happening.
Bridge:
Edim F Edim F
As the card players steal their hands from the bottom of the deck.
Am G Gm7 Am
Row upon row of feudal houses blown away.
Bbmaj7 Fm7 Gm7 G# A#
Medicine for the popular complaint.
Chorus:
Em Fmaj7-5 Em
When the poets dreamed of angels, what did they see?
A Am Dsus2 Fmaj7-5
History lined up in a flash on their backs.
Em Fmaj7-5 Em
When the poets dreamed of angels, what did they see?
A Am Dsus2 Fmaj7-5
The Bishops and knights well placed to attack.
Now it should be quite close to how it's played. At least this is how he played the
at one live show I watched. Not completely sure about the Bm there, but I think it is it.
Tabbed by Kari Kääntä
