The Red Door chords by The Handsome Family

Chords with lyrics

The Red Door
From the album Unseen


Intro:

C majorC DmDm E minorEm DmDm C majorC


Verse 1:

C majorC            DmDm
You appeared upon the white shore
E minorEm  DmDm        C majorC
on a dark and moonless eve
C majorC            DmDm
I led you through the stone gate,
E minorEm    DmDm     C majorC     C/BC/B A minorAm
torches spitting in the breeze

Chorus:

A minorAm           E minorEm   Eb MajorEb
All around our palace glistened,
DmDm              A minorAm  E minorEm
splashed with waves from the sea,
  DmDm           C majorC
but you shone bright as a thousand suns
     G+G    C majorC
in your gown of ivory


Verse 2:

C majorC          DmDm
One thing, I ask of you, my love
E minorEm  DmDm       C majorC
as I comb your white-gold hair
C majorC               DmDm
Only stay your hand from the red door,
E minorEm    DmDm      C majorC     C/BC/B A minorAm
the red door beneath the stairs


Chorus:

A minorAm       E minorEm       Eb MajorEb
The red door under the stairs,
DmDm            A minorAm  E minorEm
the red door under the stairs
DmDm            C majorC
Stay your hand from that old, black lock
     G+G  G7G7      C majorC
There's nothing to see in there

Interlude:

C majorC DmDm E minorEm DmDm C majorC (x2)


Verse 3:

C majorC             DmDm
Why do you stand so many hours
E minorEm   DmDm     C majorC
staring out across the sea?
C majorC               DmDm
Why do you slip out past the black drapes
E minorEm     DmDm       C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
when I pretend that I'm asleep?


Chorus:

A minorAm        E minorEm   Eb MajorEb
And even in the bright sun
DmDm             A minorAm E minorEm
as we walk the bone-white beach
DmDm            C majorC
You put your ear to the whispering shells
   G+G  G7G7      C majorC
and turned away from me


Verse 4:

C majorC          DmDm
Red in your dress's hem tonight,
E minorEm   DmDm         C majorC
a red flash in your roving eye
C majorC            DmDm
Why the tremor in your soft hands
E minorEm   DmDm     C majorC    C/BC/B A minorAm
when I pull you to my side?


Chorus:

A minorAm           E minorEm  Eb MajorEb
The red door and what's inside,
DmDm            A minorAm  E minorEm
the red door and all it hides
DmDm          C majorC
Stare away across the ocean waves,
    G+G G7G7         C majorC
but I know what you've seen tonight


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