Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
E A augmentedA E MajorE
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
E
Verse:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
I was born a wayward son
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
My father's only one
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Now I sing his only song
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
Down on third long
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
I've been travelling the land
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
In search of better things
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
But all I ever seem to find
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
Is whatever music brings
Chorus:
E MajorE BB A augmentedA BB E MajorE BB A augmentedA
If I shed a tear for everyone
BB C# minorC#m
That I have wronged
A augmentedA BB E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
I would have an ocean
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
So listen to the Hymns of Poseidon
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
Verse:
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Oh waterfall of truth
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
You drench my weary soul of youth
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Soon I'm dead and dark and done
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
Counting birds against the sun
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
But will you hear me when I'm gone?
Chorus:
E MajorE BB A augmentedA BB E MajorE BB A augmentedA
If I shed a tear for everyone
BB C# minorC#m
That I have wronged
A augmentedA BB E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
I would have an ocean
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
So listen to the Hymns of Poseidon
Bridge:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Till this day I'm not broken
A augmentedA E MajorE
In more than one place
A augmentedA E MajorE BB
So save your loving grace
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
Now I sit here under the birch of glass
A augmentedA BB
Singing melodies of the past
BB
Ah These Hymns of Poseidon
Chorus:
A augmentedA BB E MajorE BB A augmentedA
Shed a tear for everyone
BB C# minorC#m
That I have wronged
A augmentedA BB E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
I would have an ocean
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
So listen to the Hymns of Poseidon
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE