• Song:

    Thousand Years

  • Artist:

    Sting

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  *this melody played throughout verses

    Fm
A thousand years, a thousand more
    Bb9                            Gm74
A thousand times a million doors to eternity
                   Fm/Ab
I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
    Bb9/C#                              Gm74
An endless turning stairway climbs To a tower of souls
                      Fm
If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars
      Bb9                               Gm74
The towers rise to numberless floors in space
                       Fm/Ab
I could shed another million tears, a million breaths
     Bbsus2Db                             Gm74
A million names but only one true face
     Fm
A million roads, a million fears
    Bb9                                Gm74
A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty
                   Fm/Ab
I could speak a million lies, a million songs
     Bb9/C#                                 Gm74
A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time
                     Fm
But if there was a single truth, a single light
     Bb9                                 Gm74
A single thought, a singular touch of grace
                     Fm/Ab
Then following this single point, this single flame
     Bb9/C#                          Gm74
This single haunted memory of your face
     Fm    Bb9       Gm74
I still   love          you,
    Fm      Bb9       Gm74
I still   want          you

A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves

Like galaxies in my head

I may be numberless, I may be innocent

I may know many things, I may be ignorant

Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands

Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands

I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times

Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's crimes

Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief

I've kept this single faith I have but one belief

I still love you

I still want you

A thousand times these mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head

On and on the mysteries unwind themselves

Eternities still unsaid

'Till you love me


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   *This transcript is still being worked on for accuracy. Maybe someone else will
    have the time to take this framework and correct the errors(?) - JL
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