Aftermath chords by Don Mclean

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