Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
KEY: A augmentedA
Intro:
C majorC D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Verse:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Some day Darling, when you're dead
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
With this wilting world you've wed
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
And all I have of you to keep.
E minorEm C majorC G+G
God rest your blessed busy head.
Verse:
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Our words you tell, into my sleep,
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Someday when your shadows flower
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
And petals blossom by the hour,
D MajorD E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
I'll take my day off to your grave
G+G
And let the mighty winds devour
G+G D MajorD G+G
And give you one triumphant wave.
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
God knows that I still hear you.
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
Darling, I still hear you laughing.
G7G7 C majorC
But only for a minute
C majorC D MajorD
And then you're gone a minute
D MajorD G+G
And then you're long gone
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Like the day from the moon.
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Like the child from his high balloon.
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Verse:
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD E minorEm C majorC G+G
Someday while my mouth's still warm
G+G E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
And everyone has been informed,
E minorEm C majorC G+G
I'll think of what you said last May
G+G
To let them not be long for longed
G+G E minorEm G+G
But buried in some better way,
G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
Along the Lake Superior shore.
Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA
God knows that I still hear you.
A augmentedA G+G
Darling, I still hear you singing,
G7G7 G+G C majorC
But only for a minute
C majorC D MajorD
And then you're gone a minute
D MajorD G+G
And then you're long gone
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Like the day from the moon.
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Like the child from his high balloon.
E minorEm G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G