Chords with lyrics
Standard tuning (EADGBE)
Foghorn sound at the beginning is a BB twice
Intro: E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD G+G C majorC BB (x3)
Verse 1:
E minorEm
Oh young love of mine
A minorAm D MajorD
She sleeps beneath the brine
G+G G/C G+G
And oh, the sound, the tick, the weighty click
C majorC BB
of her heart against my spine
E minorEm
Now the dark is nigh
A minorAm D MajorD
and she lays here at my side
G+G G/C G+G
But like a steady squall, her arms, they fall
C majorC BB
and her legs, they grasp me tight
Refrain:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G BB
Oh, young love, young dear, why have you taken me in your
C majorC A minorAm Bsusp4 BB
Fall?
E minorEm D MajorD
All of my love, all of my life
G+G BB C majorC A minorAm Bsus4Bsus4 BB
Given to you sacrificed
E minorEm
Verse 2:
E minorEm
Oh, My waking world
A minorAm D MajorD
I leave you for a girl
G+G C majorC
Cast away into this blight
A minorAm BB
Swimming blindly through the night
E minorEm
Now my heart is bound
A minorAm D MajorD
As I plague upon the sound
G+G G/C G+G
And oh it slips away, such soft decay
Bsus4Bsus4 BB
Then it grows, oh, oh, oh,
Refrain:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G BB
Oh, young love, young dear, why have you taken me from the
C majorC A minorAm Bsusp4 BB
Fall?
E minorEm D MajorD
All of my love, all of my life
G+G BB C majorC A minorAm Bsus4Bsus4 BB
Given to you, sacrificed
Bridge:
C majorC E minorEm
Stay clear of the wreckage
G+G BB E minorEm
She goes down, down, down
C majorC A minorAm Bsus4Bsus4 BB E minorEm D MajorD
C majorC A minorAm Bsus4Bsus4 BB E minorEm D MajorD
DmDm E7E7 DmDm E7E7
DmDm
And she burns like the sun
E7E7
And it all falls away
DmDm
Take your time and I'll take mine
E7E7
Here today
FF G+G
But it cuts like a knife
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm Am/GAm/G FF
And we're bound here as the night, it breaks away
Esus4Esus4 E7E7 A minorAm A augmentedA A minorAm A augmentedA
And it all goes down
Refrain:
E minorEm D MajorD G+G BB
Oh, young love, young dear, why have you shaken me from the
C majorC A minorAm Bsusp4 BB
Fall?
E minorEm D MajorD
All of my life, all of my days
G+G BB C majorC A minorAm Bsus4Bsus4 BB
Given to you, cast away
E minorEm D MajorD G+G BB C majorC A minorAm Bsus4Bsus4 BB
E minorEm D MajorD
Here's to the war, here's to the night
G+G BB C majorC A minorAm Bsus4Bsus4 BB
All of my love, sacrificed
Ending:
E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm
Soft and kind, cold as ice.
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
Hold yourself beneath the brine.
E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm
Smooth as wine, black as night.
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
Hold yourself beneath the brine.