Shadowlands chords by David Knopfler

David Knopfler - Shadowlands


CAPO: 4th Fret


INTRO: G  C  (4x)

         G
Does the Shadowman possess you?
        C                     G
Is your dream still sweet and real?
          C             Em
Pain will always follow pleasure
                           Bm
That's how Nature cuts her deal
C            G
Every moment precious
             D         C
It was time alone we'd steal
                             D
First it's heaven, then it's hell
     C               D
To allow all that we feel

CHORUS:
                        C     G      D     Em
I'm going down to these Shadowlands, yeah, yeah
C G   Bm
Shadowlands
          C         G          D     Em
Try, what you can't cure, you must endure
         C           D  A
In these Shadowlands


BRIDGE:

Climbing and disowning
Em                       A
You've made acquisitions

Trading love for the masquerade
        Em        D
Just to realize positions


             G
You put your mouth in someone else's pocket
       C                     G
So you still need someone to blame
    C                Em
You turn your victim over
                           Bm
But lay bare your face and name
C                G
You who vanquish memories
              D        C
In your power lust for fame
                        D
Brother Banquo he'll be calling
           C          D
Yeah, it's Halloween again
         C               D
I may be leaning' on his shoulder
      C                 D
In ya killing fields of shame


CHORUS:
                           C     G      D     Em
And I'll return from these Shadowlands, yeah, yeah
C G   Bm
Shadowlands
         C        G         D    Em
Ah, what we don't cure must be endured
         C           D   Em
In these shadowlands


Lead Break: C        G    C              Em    C        G       D
              (Yeah, yeah)  (These shadowlands)  (Shadowlands)


      G
Where e'er the Fates may hide us
         C                G
From the dark seas of our dreams
  C                Em
I pray you yet may find us
                         Bm
If you share these final scenes
   C                    G
By God's grace, let you be the one
                        C
Who'll hear every sad refrain
                   D
In the echoes of a love song
       C         D
On The Late Show playing
     C            D
A survivor of the airwaves
         C                 D
Seen the sun going down in flames
      C                  D
While framed against the doorway
  C             D
A silhouette in chains


CHORUS:
                     C     G      D     Em
Hell-bound for these Shadowlands, yeah, yeah
C G   Bm
Shadowlands
         C        G         D    Em
Ah, what we don't cure must be endured
         C           D  Em
In these Shadowlands
       C        G        D         Em
And if we won't learn we sure will burn
   C           D  Em
In Shadowlands


OUTRO:  (## fade to end ##)
       C          G      C  Em    C        G
        (In Shadowlands)            (Shadowlands)
       D                Em
         (Going down to Shadowlands)
       C  G  C  Em  C  G  D  Em