Hymn For The Fallen chords by Lisa Gerrard

Chords with lyrics

STRUM PATTERN:: Slow downward, simple quarter note on each chord, follow by about a full beat of rest.

VERSE:
G+G
My ear

A minorAm
Attends to you,

DmDm
as a mother hears

A minorAm
while her children sleep.

BRIDGE:

G+G
Now look:

A minorAm
See how they're dreaming?

DmDm
The black reciter reads

A minorAm
while the children dream.

G+G       D MajorD
Don't    go

A minorAm
So deep in slumber,

E minorEm
Where you'll shy.

A minorAm    C majorC     G+G
Know you'll wander in sleep.

G+G       A minorAm    D MajorD
Don't you fly     too far away.

BRIDGE 2:

G+G     A minorAm
Some men die

C majorC     E minorEm
without crying--

DmDm       A minorAm        G+G
Suffering so long     and alone.

C majorC     E minorEm      A minorAm
Softly, children, dry your eyes.

C majorC         G+G
Gently, children, be wise.

VERSE 2:

G+G
My ear attends to you,

A minorAm
as a mother hears

DmDm
all her children's fears.

G+G
So don't cry;

A minorAm
all will wash away

G+G
when we pray.

A minorAm
Soon, soon, soon, soon, soon.

A minorAm            C majorC
So if it's okay, I'll wait with you a while.

G+G
The sun begins to shine.

BRIDGE 3:

C majorC             E minorEm
Oh, look: Your wings are broken,

DmDm    A minorAm     G+G
But never a lie was spoken.

C majorC      A minorAm      E minorEm
The murdered thing is love, you see--

A minorAm        G+G
Drifting on a lake of memory.

C majorC       A minorAm        C majorC
Now sleep. Close your eyes and have no fear;

G+G
A augmentedA wide blue sky is very near.

VERSE 3:

G+G
My ear

A minorAm
Attends to you,

DmDm
As a mother hears

A minorAm
All her children's fears.

RESOLUTION:

G+G
So don't cry;

DmDm
All will wash away

G+G