Tuning: DADFAD
Capo 1 on recording, Capo 2 live
Intro/Verse:
D5 Bb5 A5
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----------- |
D5
My darling, I loved you
Bb5
I long to become you
A5
And know what it is that you gave
D5
We dance the sorrow
Bb5
Forgive me tomorrow
F5 G5
d | -------------- | x2 ---------------- | x2
A | -------------- | ---------------- |
f | ------4---4--- | -------5---5---- |
D | ------0---0--- | -------0---0---- |
A | ----0---0---0- | ----0----0---0-- |
D | --3----------- | -5-------------- |
F5 G5 F5
And I pray night after night and day after day
G5
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------------- |
D5
And my mind drift away?
D5 Bb5 A5
D5 Bb5 A5
Dear lover forsaken, our love is taken away
D5 Bb5
You were my speaker, my innocence-keeper
F5 G5 F5
I don't night after night, day after day
G5
Would you watch my body weaken,
D5
My mind drift away?
D5 Bb5 A5
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?
D5 Bb5
I count to no one, hold nobody's ear
A5
I sold you my hand once and you hit me in fear
D5
I don't stand for the devil
Bb5
I don't whisper in ears
F5 G5 F5 G5 D5
I stand on the mountains and call people to hear
D5 D5
d | ------------- | x2------------------- |
A | ------------- | ------------------- |
f | ------------- | ------------------- |
D | -----0---0--- | ------0---0-------- |
A | ---0-0-0-0-0- | ----0-0-0-0-0------ |
D | -3----------- | --0---------------- |
D5 D5 D5
It's a sudden burst of light, it's a fate foretold
D5 D5 D5
It is knowing, it is knowing
D5 Bb5 A5
D5 Bb5
He longs for the answers, as all of us must
A5
He longs for the woman who will conquer his lust
D5 Bb5
He screams in the night, I scream in the day
A5
We weep in the evening and lie naked and pray
F5 G5 F5
Night after night, day after day
G5 F5
Night after night, day after day
G5
Could you watch my body weaken,
D5
and my mind drift away?
D5 D5
It's a tempting communion
D5
It's a fate foretold
D5 D5
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------------------------ |