Chords with lyrics
Verse:
E minorEm
The sound of your name comes to me any hour
B7B7
On wings of the wind, like the scent of a flower
E MajorE
How can I explain, its impossible power
A minorAm Am6Am6 Am7Am7 Am(maj7)
The sound of your name
Am(maj7) Am6Am6 Am(maj7) Am6Am6
The sound of your name is a Valentine greeting
E minorEm
A augmentedA bell when it rings and a heart when it's beating
F#7F#7
And drawing a spell where all things keep repeating
B7B7
The sound of your name
Verse:
E minorEm Em/D# Em/DEm/D Em/C#
Your name is a song that I long to be writing
F#m7-5 B7B7 F#m7-5 B7B7
The music is strong and the words are inviting
E MajorE F#m7F#m7 Edim/G E7/G#
Exchangeable melodies strangely exciting
Am(add9) A minorAm Am(add9) A minorAm
I found in your name
A minorAm
The sound of your name can bring times of desire
E minorEm Em/DEm/D Em/C#
That flares like a flame as it climbs ever higher
F#sus4F#sus4 F#F# F minorFm
That burns in my senses and turns them to fire
B7B7 | E minorEm | C minorCm | E minorEm | C minorCm | F minorFm | % | % | % |
The sound of your name
Verse:
F minorFm
But love is a game that continuously changes
C7C7
The player discovers the risk and the dangers
FF F/Eb Fm/D Fm/Db
We started as lovers, we ended as strangers
BbmBbm
Now where can I turn?
BbmBbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/G Bbm/Db
Your name's the ghost of a chance that you gave me
F minorFm Fm/Eb Fm/Db
A augmentedA grave little dance just enough to enslave me
G7G7
And only my grief, what is there that can save me
C7C7 C#7C#7 C7C7 C#7C#7
If you don't return
Verse:
F# minorF#m
At night in my dreams you are there, an obsession
C#7C#7
I whisper your name, like a prayer, a confession
F#F# Gm7Gm7 F#dim/A F#7/A#
You've entered my soul and you've taken possession
B minorBm
And whom can I blame?
B minorBm Bm/ABm/A Bm/G#
For you are the heaven on earth that I sigh for
F# minorF#m F#m/E F#m/D#F#m/D#
The high unattainable moon that I cry for
G#7G#7
As long as I live, I will live and I'll die for
C#7C#7 D MajorD
The sound of your name
Coda:
D MajorD D7D7
Your name, your name
F# minorF#m | C#7C#7 | % | F# minorF#m
Your name, your na-a-a-ame