Black Dress chords by Ed Harcourt

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE A augmentedA


Verse 1:
  E MajorE
For days I've searched for the words
  A augmentedA
So I don't make a mess of this
A augmentedA
I'll trade my eyes for a fleeting wish
 E MajorE
I woke at 7 a.m.
  A augmentedA
The cold air was not becoming
A augmentedA
This tune I started humming

Verse 2:
  E MajorE
And you lay there so still
   A augmentedA
With dark eyes shut and whiskey breath
A augmentedA
You hadn't taken off your black dress
  E MajorE
The curtain fell from its rail
 A augmentedA
I shut the window so it wouldn't shatter
A augmentedA
But it was nothing it didn't matter


Chorus 1:
  BB                C# minorC#m
To me our lives are barely built to last
  BB                F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA
How did you creep up on me so damn fast
N.C. E MajorE   A augmentedA
My  dear?


Verse 3:
 E MajorE
I sat in the kitchen and thought
   A augmentedA
I've had a few knocks here and there
A augmentedA
Was mostly my fault so I didn't care
  E MajorE
You said I have a bad side
  A augmentedA
It comes when all the clocks have stopped
A augmentedA
I feel my heart begin to drop

Chorus 2:
  BB                 C# minorC#m
To me our lives are fast approaching death
  BB                   F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA
So let's go out in my suit and your black dress
  C# minorC#m
My dear?


Instrumental:
C# minorC#m  AbAb
C# minorC#m  E MajorE
B minorBm  A augmentedA
B minorBm  A augmentedA


Outro:
A augmentedA       E MajorE
You will come back
       A augmentedA
You will come back
       E MajorE
You will come back
       A augmentedA
You will come back
E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE