Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE
Verse 1:
E MajorE A augmentedA
She wrote you a letter, you ain't never read it
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
Sat out on your doorstep since the day that she sent it
E MajorE A augmentedA
She had lots to say but the words just blew away
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
The letters got replaced with things she didn't say
Interlude:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Verse 2:
E MajorE A augmentedA
Nail a crow to the fence and behold death's romance
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
The rest of the murder bear witness from the telephone wires
E MajorE A augmentedA
Lost lovers and friends, well they will all attend
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
With roses and incense on the funeral pyre
Chorus:
C# minorC#m BB
She wrote it all down with an eagle's feather
A augmentedA E MajorE
Dipped in cocaine and blood
C# minorC#m BB
A augmentedA diamond needle on a broken record
A augmentedA BB
Of a melody never sung
Interlude:
E MajorE A augmentedA
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
E MajorE A augmentedA
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA E MajorE
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA BB
A augmentedA BB E MajorE A augmentedA
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
Verse 3:
E MajorE A augmentedA
You stumbled for hours over pages with gilded edges
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
Ink and newsprint smeared with cliffs, sharp ledges
E MajorE A augmentedA
The image you saw, out of focus and out of turn
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
An envelope left in the light of the rising moon
Chorus:
C# minorC#m BB
She wrote it all down with an eagle's feather
A augmentedA E MajorE
Dipped in cocaine and blood
C# minorC#m BB
A augmentedA diamond needle on a broken record
A augmentedA BB
Of a melody never sung
Interlude:
A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE
Verse 4:
E MajorE A augmentedA
Time has left a handful of tear-stained pages
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
Washed out memories left lost and faded
E MajorE A augmentedA
You've called out her name, only left unsettled
F# minorF#m BB E MajorE
A augmentedA lone phonograph, a thousand unspoken words
Chorus:
C# minorC#m BB
She wrote it all down with an eagle's feather
A augmentedA E MajorE
Dipped in cocaine and blood
C# minorC#m BB
A augmentedA diamond needle on a broken record
A augmentedA BB
Of a melody never sung
Outro:
A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA E MajorE