Hymn For The Fallen chords by Lisa Gerrard

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

VERSE:
G
My ear

Am
Attends to you,

Dm
as a mother hears

Am
while her children sleep.

BRIDGE:

G
Now look:

Am
See how they're dreaming?

Dm
The black reciter reads

Am
while the children dream.

G       D
Don't    go

Am
So deep in slumber,

Em
Where you'll shy.

Am    C     G
Know you'll wander in sleep.

G       Am    D
Don't you fly     too far away.

BRIDGE 2:

G     Am
Some men die

C     Em
without crying--

Dm       Am        G
Suffering so long     and alone.

C     Em      Am
Softly, children, dry your eyes.

C         G
Gently, children, be wise.

VERSE 2:

G
My ear attends to you,

Am
as a mother hears

Dm
all her children's fears.

G
So don't cry;

Am
all will wash away

G
when we pray.

Am
Soon, soon, soon, soon, soon.

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

G
The sun begins to shine.

BRIDGE 3:

C             Em
Oh, look: Your wings are broken,

Dm    Am     G
But never a lie was spoken.

C      Am      Em
The murdered thing is love, you see--

Am        G
Drifting on a lake of memory.

C       Am        C
Now sleep. Close your eyes and have no fear;

G
A wide blue sky is very near.

VERSE 3:

G
My ear

Am
Attends to you,

Dm
As a mother hears

Am
All her children's fears.

RESOLUTION:

G
So don't cry;

Dm
All will wash away

G