Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: E minorEm
Difficulty: Advanced
Am7b5Am7b5 = x 0 1 1 2 x
A6/9 = x x 7 6 7 7 (or 5 4 4 4 5 5)
Am7b5b9 = x 0 1 3 1 3 (or 5 3 5 3 4 3)
Bm7b5 Bm7b5 = x 2 0 2 3 1 (or x 2 0 2 0 1)
BdimBdim = x 2 3 4 3 x (or x x x 4 3 1)
A9A9 = 5 7 5 6 5 7 (or 5 4 5 4 5 x)
Intro:
Am7Am7 Am6Am6 A6/9
E minorEm Em9Em9 Am7Am7
Once she had drowned and started her slow descent
Am7b5Am7b5 Em6Em6 A6/9
Down the streams to where the great rivers broaden
E minorEm Em9Em9 Am7Am7
Oh, the open sky shone most magnificent
Am7b5b9 A9A9 Emaj
As if it was acting as her body's guardian
E7E7 A9A9 Bm7b5 Bm7b5
Wreck and duck weed slowly increased her weight
Bm7Bm7 Am7Am7
By clasping her in their slimy grip
E7E7 A9A9 Bm7b5 Bm7b5
Through her limbs, the cold blooded fishes played
Am7b5b9 A9A9 Emaj
Creatures and plant life kept on, thus obstructing her last trip
E minorEm Em9Em9 Am7Am7
And the sky that same evening grew dark as smoke
Am7b5Am7b5 Em6Em6 A6/9
And its stars through the night kept the brightness still soaring
E minorEm Em9Em9 Am7Am7
But it quickly grew clear when dawn now broke
Am7b5b9 A9A9 Emaj
To see that she got one further morning
E7E7 A9A9 Bm7b5 Bm7b5
Once her pallid trunk had rotted beyond repair
Bm7Bm7 Am7Am7
It happened quite slowly that she gently slipped from God's thoughts
E7E7 A9A9 Bm7b5 Bm7b5
First with her face, then her hands, right at the last with her hair
Am7b5b9 A9A9 E6b5 E minor 7Em7 E7E7 A7A7 BdimBdim
Leaving those corpse---choked rivers just one more corpse