Blood On The Stage chords by The Cat Empire

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Em

Intro:

Em Am C7 B7 x2

Verse:
Em           Am             C7              B7
 Left in the summer we were wide-eyed and dazed
          Em             Am                 C7              B7
By winter, those distant miles etched their marks on each face
              Em     Am               C7                 B7
We played like gypsy weddings, shirts drenched in champagne
          Em
Went into catacombs and raised the skeletons from their graves

             Em                Am          C7         B7
Now, all you kids who lay your axes at the alter of song
        Em         Am             C7              B7
May your voices be true, may your hearts beat strong
             Em            Am            C7             B7
But when you walk into the sound of that sweet, sweet rage
             Em                                         B7
You'd better play like 'Cuban Fire' and leave your blood on the stage
B7           Em    Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage
             Em    Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage

Verse:
Em            Am            C7          B7
 We stole the hours in that beautiful haze
        Em             Am           C7           B7
In the thunder of the drums and the trumpet's blaze
     Em           Am              C7                 B7
Eyes wild, lights flashing, sweat-drenched to the bone
               Em
Some nights we have nothing to give but still we bring it on home

Chorus:
             Em                Am          C7         B7
Now, all you kids who lay your axes at the alter of song
        Em         Am             C7              B7
May your voices be true, may your hearts beat strong
             Em            Am            C7             B7
But when you walk into the sound of that sweet, sweet rage
             Em                                         B7
You'd better play like 'Cuban Fire' and leave your blood on the stage
B7           Em    Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage
             Em    Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage
             Em    Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage
             Em    Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage

Verse:
  Em          Am            C7         B7
I want you, I need you, you find me, I leave you
       Em          Am               C7        B7
From Havana to the outer streets of invisible cities
        Em         Am              C7          B7
Yeah, I whisper, I scream you, you haunt me, I dream you
        Em            Am            C7           B7
But the moment that I get you in my arms you disappear
           Em       Am          C7       B7
Your my nirvana, my torture, my guru, my seeker
   Em                   Am           C7              B7
I adore you, you're the only one who knows my secret creature
         Em             Am         C7                 B7
From the sands of La Louise to Rio where the Christ Redeemer cries:
    Em            Am        C7                       B7
You spiders of desire, it's time to play it like you mean it

Instrumental:
        Em Am C7 B7
Alright
        Em Am C7 B7
Alright
        Em Am C7 B7
Alright
         Em Am C7 B7
It's live

Chorus:
             Em                Am          C7         B7
Now, all you kids who lay your axes at the alter of song
        Em         Am             C7              B7
May your voices be true, may your hearts beat strong
             Em            Am            C7             B7
But when you walk into the sound of that sweet, sweet rage
             Em
You'd better play like 'Cuban Fire' and leave your blood on the stage
B7           Em Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage
             Em Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage
             Em Am C7 B7
Blood on the stage
             Em               Am                   C7             B7
You'd better play like 'Cuban Fire' and leave your blood on the stage

Outro:
Em Am C7 B7 x4
             Em
Blood on the stage