Ivory chords by Helena Ruth

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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

Verse 1:
     DmDm        C majorC
It was a long and silent cry
   A minorAm       D MajorD
She spoke before she died
  BbM7       C majorC
I never true knew why
  A augmentedA  D MajorD
I even tried
     DmDm       C majorC
Then just ivory lips she left
  A minorAm         D MajorD
To speak the words of the dead
   BbM7       C majorC      A augmentedA  D MajorD
And this was what she said, fast losing sight

Chorus:
     Bb majorBb         C7C7
When the heart does cease to beat
   FF
How long must the mind survive?
  Bb majorBb       C7C7
For only seconds split
      FF
Until the night
   G minorGm       C7C7
Or do agony hours ensue
        FF
To follow the light inside of you
  G minorGm        C7C7
Until it’s sudden through
      FF A augmentedA
Into the blue


Verse 2:
     DmDm         C majorC
It was a long and drawn-out sigh
  A minorAm        D MajorD
I breathed before I died
  BbM7       C majorC
I never true knew why
   A augmentedA   D MajorD
She even tried


Instrumental:
Bb majorBb C majorC FM7 FF
Bb majorBb C majorC FF
G minorGm C majorC FF
G minorGm C7C7 FF Em7b5Em7b5


Outro:
     DmDm      C majorC
Then just empty eyes I left
  A minorAm          D MajorD
To see the world of the dead
   BbM7    C majorC    A augmentedA   D MajorD
As quietly she fled, out of my sight