Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
G+G G+G G+G G+G
Verse 1:
G+G
Windows in a silent room , sunlight burns the walls to black
A minorAm
Angles and dimensions melt while colors drip and pillows crack
B minorBm
Reflections of my memories like pictures pasted on a sheet
A minorAm G+G
The ribbon film of separate frames lying curled up at my feet
Verse 2:
G+G D/F#D/F#
The film is just a snake design and the photographs are fading fast
FF G+G
These are not memories of mine I have no future, no past
D MajorD
I've seen a thousand afternoons dissolve into the night
D MajorD
Like sugar crystals on a spoon they disappear from sight
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA G+G F# minorF#m E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Gray days from the crispest morning to the warmest afternoon in this room
Verse 3:
D MajorD C majorC
And I like to draw the face I saw so long ago
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
My image in the mirror tells the jagged lines which way to go
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA G+G F# minorF#m
The black and white description of the sole survivor of the Holocaust
G+G
All the rest were lost
Verse 4:
G+G
Do you see this paper face? It has no color or no mood
A minorAm
My eyes are ageless, as am I. I need no sleep, I need no food
B minorBm
I am a king, but like a child the other children laugh at me
A minorAm G+G
Tongues of fire, wagging wild they dance around me merrily
Verse 5:
G+G D/F#D/F#
I'll kill them all and if I fail I'll kill whoever I can find
FF
Then they'll beg me to be kind
D MajorD
My eyes have seen far more than eyes can ever tell
D MajorD
This planet plunged through mushroom fires of earthly hell
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA D MajorD F# minorF#m
I know that my sweet Jesus said that he'd return
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA G+G G7G7 D MajorD
But Babylon has fallen and the cities burn