The Melancholy Season chords by Benmont Tench

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: F

Intro:

C  Gm  Dm    C F
Am  Dm  F


Verse 1:
  C              Gm
Adjusting to the fading light
   Dm
My eyes dilate and hollow
    C               Am
You sit outlined in falling night
   Dm                   F
So still against the shadows
    C              Gm
The constellations rise and spin
    Dm
The planets start their courses
        Am     F         C
Orion’s on the threshold now
    Dm                    F
The melancholy season is upon us

Verse 2:
    C             Gm
You turn away within yourself
  Dm
A place forbidden to me
C   F              Am
I’m jealous of the air you breathe
    Dm                     F
The clothes that wrap your body
    C          Gm
The eucalyptus creaks and sighs
    Dm
The wind whips round the compass
      Am        F      C
Orion holds his arm up high
    Dm                    F
The melancholy season is upon us


Interlude:
Gm  F  Dm  C
Gm  Dm  Fmaj7
G


Verse 3:
    C             Gm
Not older now but later on
     Dm
That one long day we’re given
  F                 Am
Between the opening of our eyes
        Dm                F
And the last time that we close them
     C               Gm
What would I give to turn the track
   Dm                Am
Of time to match our traces
 F    C         Dm       Am
Orion cries out from the black
    Dm                    F
The melancholy season is upon us
 Dm   Am        F        C
Orion cries out from the black
    Dm                    F
The melancholy season is upon us


Outro:
C  Gm  Dm    F  Am  Dm
F  C  Gm  Dm    Am F C Dm
F C