Penitent chords by Suzanne Vega

Chords with lyrics

Capo 1


A minorAm
Once I stood alone so proud held myself above the crowd
G+G          A minorAm
now i am low on the ground.
A minorAm
From here i look around to see what avenues belong to me
G+G           A minorAm
I can't tell what ive found.

A minorAm    G+G     FF
Now what would You have me do
A minorAm G+G   FF
i ask you please?
A minorAm G+G   E minorEm    C majorC
I wait to hear.

A minorAm
The mother, and the matador, the mystic, all were here before,
G+G           A minorAm
like me, to stare You down.
A minorAm
You appear without a face, disappear, but leave your trace,
G+G         A minorAm
i feel your unseen frown.

A minorAm    G+G     FF
Now what would you have me do
A minorAm G+G   FF
I ask you please?
A minorAm G+G   E minorEm
i wait to hear

   C majorC
your voice,
  FF
the word,
  G+G
you say
  E minorEm   C majorC
i wait to see your sign
G+G  FF  G+G
would i
E minorEm
obey?

A minorAm
I look for you in heathered moor, the desert, and the ocean floor
G+G           A minorAm
how low does one heart go.
A minorAm
looking for your fingerprints i find them in coincidence,
G+G          A minorAm
and make my faith to grow.
A minorAm
Forgive me all my blindnesses my weakness and unkindnesses
G+G        A minorAm
as yet unbending still.
A minorAm
struggling so hard to see my fist against eternity
G+G           A minorAm
and will you break my will?

A minorAm    G+G     FF
Now what would you have me do
A minorAm G+G   FF
i ask you please?
A minorAm G+G   E minorEm
i wait to hear
   C majorC
your voice,
  FF
the word
  G+G
you say
 E minorEm   C majorC
i wait to see your sign
 G+G  FF   G+G
could i
E minorEm