Chords with lyrics
Mean Mary - Year Of The Sparrow (Album) 2013
1. Wherefore Art Thou, Jane
2. Iron Horse
3. Sierra Leone
4. Dance of the Thistledown
5. Death And The Maiden
6. The Sparrow And The Hawk
7. Memphis Moon
8. The Safebreaker's Daughter
9. Good Time Gal
10. Sweet Jezebel
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Track 1 - Wherefore Art Thou, Jane
CAPO: 2nd Fret
Intro:
C majorC 
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G 
FF G+G C majorC
Verse 1:
G+G FF G+G
A augmentedA hound bays in the distant dark, a whippoorwill takes flight
C majorC G+G FF G+G C majorC
Jane is on another lark, passing through the night
G+G FF G+G
Like a fox that flees her cage, just because she can
C majorC G+G FF G+G C majorC
Like a lady come of age, a woman with a plan
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
She comes and goes like summer rain
FF C majorC G+G
As flighty as a whooping crane
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
As restless as a weather vane
FF G+G C majorC
Oh, wherefore art thou, Jane?
Interlude:
C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse 2:
G+G FF G+G
Going up or going down, going fast and far
C majorC G+G FF G+G C majorC
Up a hill or through a town, or to a distant star
G+G FF G+G
She’ll cut the string and take her fling, or sit and watch the sky
C majorC G+G FF G+G C majorC
Or turn her hand to anything, or kiss it all goodbye
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
She takes the ball and breaks the chain
FF C majorC G+G
Pours precaution down the drain
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Bubbles over like champagne
FF G+G C majorC
Oh, wherefore art thou, Jane?
Instrumental:
(banjo break)
Verse 3:
G+G FF G+G
In the land of midnight peril, on the shore of anywhere
C majorC G+G FF G+G C majorC
That dreams fly free and feral, oh, you will find Jane there
G+G FF G+G
You might not find the words that rhyme to make a perfect song
C majorC G+G FF G+G C majorC
But if you find the time sometime, Jane might sing along
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
She comes and goes like summer rain
FF C majorC G+G
As flighty as a whooping crane
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
As restless as a weather vane
FF G+G C majorC
Oh, wherefore art thou, Jane?
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
She’s fickle as financial gain
FF C majorC G+G
Sells trouble like an ad campaign
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
She takes the risk and risks the pain
FF G+G C majorC
Oh, wherefore art thou, Jane?
Interlude:
C majorC G+G C majorC
Verse 4:
G+G FF G+G
Another hound bays in the night, and someone wonders why
C majorC G+G FF G+G C majorC
Did a prowler come in sight, or did Jane just pass by?
G+G FF G+G
Like a fox that’s free of cage, like a Peter Pan
C majorC G+G FF G+G C majorC
Like a lady come of age, a woman with a plan
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
She takes the ball and breaks the chain
FF C majorC G+G
Pours precaution down the drain
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Bubbles over like champagne
FF G+G C majorC
Oh, wherefore art thou, Jane?
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
She’s sweet and good and true and sane
FF C majorC G+G
Simple as a daisy chain
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Sweeter still while raising cane
FF G+G C majorC
Oh, wherefore art thou, Jane?
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Track 2 - Iron Horse
CAPO: 3rd Fret
Intro:
A minorAm 
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Verse 1:
We rode the plains as lovers do
E minorEm A minorAm
We raced beneath the summer sun
My dusky eyes met his so blue
E minorEm A minorAm
Our soaring spirits breathed as one
Verse 2:
We blazed our love across the sky
E minorEm A minorAm
Surrendered to its ancient force
Until the day he said goodbye
E minorEm A minorAm
And climbed aboard the Iron horse
Chorus:
G+G
I heard its challenge, loud and shrill
E minorEm A minorAm
As we chased it up the Great Divide
G+G
But though my steed had the stronger will
E minorEm N.C. A minorAm
The iron horse had the longer stride
Instrumental:
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Verse 3:
Its whistle cut me like a blade
E minorEm A minorAm
I loathed its screaming, smoky cry
How could he leave his Indian maid?
E minorEm A minorAm
I’ll ride like wind and ask him why
Verse 4:
Astride my fearless painted dun
E minorEm A minorAm
I chose my pace and set my course
To catch this demon on the run
E minorEm A minorAm
My steed against this iron horse
Chorus:
G+G
I heard its challenge, loud and shrill
E minorEm A minorAm
As we chased it up the Great Divide
G+G
But though my steed had the stronger will
E minorEm N.C. A minorAm
The iron horse had the longer stride
Instrumental:
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Chorus:
G+G
It roared its challenge loud and shrill
E minorEm A minorAm
As it laboured up the Great Divide
G+G
Though I had the stronger will
E minorEm N.C. A minorAm
The iron horse had the longer stride
Verse 5:
Through the thunder of its blare
E minorEm A minorAm
I yelled my fury at the beast
Wasted words lost in the air
E minorEm A minorAm
As it roared its way forever east
And the iron horse’s speed increased
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Track 3 - Sierra Leone
Verse 1:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
I found an old letter caught under a stone
C majorC G+G FF G+G
By the sea in the lee of the cliffs, all alone
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm FF
Its pages were tattered from where it had blown
DmDm C majorC G+G C majorC
To land from the hand of a sailor, unknown
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
There by the coast of Sierra Leone
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
"Dear Friend", it read, "I have missed you, you know
C majorC G+G FF G+G
When you walked and you talked with me so long ago
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm FF
I shoved you aside as I rushed to and fro
DmDm C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm
Friend, my old friend, who never let go"
Chorus:
E minorEm FF C majorC
Friend, my old friend, who looked out for me
FF G+G
Through squalls and long hauls, while I sailed the sea
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
I need your watchful eye at the prow
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
I know that you know, I’m kneeling here now
Interlude:
C majorC
Verse 3:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
My ship hugs the rocks, and the gale’s my back door
C majorC G+G FF G+G
Lashing and smashing and waging its war
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm FF
My crew man the lifeboat, please see them ashore
DmDm C majorC G+G C majorC
All told, it won’t hold even one person more
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Here by Sierra Leone’s rocky floor
Verse 4:
G+G C majorC G+G
Forgive my neglect, old friend, it was my loss
C majorC G+G FF G+G
I wait for my fate as the ship starts to toss
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm FF
I feel the cold waters, I see the dark moss
DmDm C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm
Will I sail through this gale or to heaven on a cross?
Chorus:
E minorEm FF C majorC
Friend, my old friend, who looked out for me
FF G+G
Through squalls and long hauls, while I sailed the sea
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
I’ll take the wheel if you’ll ride the bow
C majorC A minorAm C majorC
You know that I know, you’re standing here now
Interlude:
C majorC
Verse 5:
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
As I stood on the rocks of Sierra Leone
C majorC G+G FF G+G
By the sea, the blue sea of Sierra Leone
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm FF
Close by the spot where the letter had blown
DmDm C majorC G+G C majorC
And thought for naught of the sailor, unknown
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
There by the coast of Sierra Leone
Verse 6:
G+G C majorC G+G
Then I saw old letters carved into the stone
C majorC G+G FF G+G
By the sea, the blue sea of Sierra Leone
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm FF
'Thank you, old Friend', just those words, alone
DmDm C majorC G+G C majorC
Carved there like a prayer by a sailor, unknown
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Here on the coast of Sierra Leone
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
Here by the hand of a sailor, unknown
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Track 4 - Dance of the Thistledown
(Banjo Instrumental)
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Track 5 - Death And The Maiden
CAPO: 3rd Fret
Intro:
A minorAm FF A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
Verse 1:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
The Maiden weighed anchor at her last port of call
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Jenny ran down the docks, late for the Ball
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Her father yelled, "Jenny, be back by midnight
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
For the Maiden, she sails in the morning’s half-light"
Verse 2:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
She didn’t turn back, just waved her hand
C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Already hearing the drums of the band
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
They were washing the streets with whiskey and wine
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
When she reached the Ball, the clock struck nine
Verse 3:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
She wore a mask made from black-feathered doves
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
A augmentedA crimson dress and long black gloves
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G
She kicked off her shoes and danced on her toes
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
With her hair blowing wherever night winds chose
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
She saw an angel, a devil, a cat and a clown
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G
A augmentedA bird with no wings and a king with no crown
A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Dancers flowed like water on the square
A minorAm G+G E minorEm A minorAm
Then parted like waves and a man stood there
Interlude:
A minorAm FF A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Verse 4:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
He wore a plain black mask like a second skin
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
It covered his face from forehead to chin
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Oh, she could taste in the wind, the salt of the sea
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
And his eyes were as blue and his manner as free
Verse 5:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
He said, "Jenny, as always, you’re lovely, my dear
C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
As for me, I’ve aged another sad year"
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
With a plead in his voice and a need in his stance
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
"Jenny Mackay, honour me with a dance"
Verse 6:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
She didn’t know how he knew her name
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
But something inside her lit like a flame
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G
And it seemed that this moment was destined to be
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
So she danced with him there, on the square, by the sea
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
She was drunk, drunk, drunk by the moon
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Had they danced for hours or just that one tune?
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
She could have danced, danced, danced all night
A minorAm G+G E minorEm A minorAm
But the Maiden must sail in the morning’s half-light
Interlude:
A minorAm FF A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Verse 7:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
He said, "Jenny Mackay, does it bring you joy
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
To dance with the man you tried to destroy?"
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Then he took off his mask, and she took in a breath
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
It was Captain Leroux of the ship known as Death
Verse 8:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
The clock struck 12, he stood stone still
C majorC G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
He said, "One fateful night off the coast of Brazil
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
The pirate ship, Maiden, came looking for me
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Captain Mackay and his daughter, Jenny"
Verse 9:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
"I’d danced with you once at this Bal Masque
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I never knew then you were Jenny Mackay
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G
You burned half my ship, took the lives of my crew
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
And there on my deck, tried to take my life too"
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
"The cannons blazed and the waves grew higher
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
There was blood in the sky and the sea was on fire
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Never again will such a night be
A minorAm G+G E minorEm A minorAm
As when Death and the Maiden danced in the sea"
Interlude:
A minorAm FF A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Verse 10:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
"A shot from my pistol bloodied your dress
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
You fell in my arms with a lady’s finesse
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Then ran your cold steel from my forehead to chin"
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
And said to me softly, "I’ll see you again"
Verse 11:
G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
She touched her hand to the scar on his face
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
For a second it faded leaving no trace
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Then she kissed him one time, like her lips were a brand
G+G E minorEm A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Then slipped from his grasp, like water through sand
Chorus:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Now the Maiden she sails with ghosts on her decks
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
She’ll sail forever, this world or the next
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
Searching for Death below and above
A minorAm G+G E minorEm A minorAm
But one night a year, Jenny dances her love
Outro: (fade to end)
A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G
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Track 6 - The Sparrow And The Hawk
(Banjo Instrumental)
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Track 7 - Memphis Moon
CAPO: 3rd Fret
Intro:
A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G
Got a midnight feelin’ since this afternoon
A minorAm
My soul needs the healin’ of the Memphis moon
G+G DmDm
‘Cause when the night comes down with a thudding crash
A minorAm G+G
My jeans become a gown with a silver sash
Chorus:
E7E7 A minorAm
A augmentedA hoot owl sounds its eerie rhyme
E7E7 A minorAm
I guess it’s been around for a long, long time
E7E7 A minorAm
And while it sings its haunting tune
D7D7 E7E7 FF E7E7 A minorAm
I’m gonna dance by the light of the Memphis moon
Interlude:
A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G
Dark waters swell to a riverboat’s cry
A minorAm G+G
The stars all yell, and the willows sigh
DmDm
Deep as death, oh, the Mighty Mississip’
A minorAm G+G
Just rollin’ along like she’s takin’ a trip
Chorus:
E7E7 A minorAm
Makin’ her rounds in her muddy shoes
E7E7 A minorAm E7E7
Dressin’ in browns, but singin’ in blues
A minorAm
Midnight fever’s gonna hit me soon
D7D7 E7E7 FF E7E7 A minorAm
I’m gonna dance by the light of the Memphis moon
Instrumental:]
A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Bridge:
Time dances slow to the rhythm of my feet
A minorAm
The moon hangs low over Beale Street
Chorus:
E7E7 A minorAm
A augmentedA hoot owl sounds its eerie rhyme
E7E7 A minorAm
I guess it’s been around for a long, long time
E7E7 A minorAm
And while it sings its haunting tune
D7D7 E7E7 FF E7E7 A minorAm
I’m gonna dance by the light of the Memphis moon
Outro:
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
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Track 8 - The Safebreaker's Daughter
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC 
D MajorD G+G
In a dream I had, all the rich were kind
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And business not so bad, and justice not so blind
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And, no, we needed more, ‘cause you reaped just what you sowed
C majorC D MajorD G+G
No one knockin’ at your door sayin’, you owed more than you owed
Chorus:
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Oh, the banker’s boy, the boss’s son
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
They’re hoarding all the treasures their daddy’s won
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And they think the vault won’t break, come hell or high water
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
They always underestimate the safebreaker’s daughter
C majorC D MajorD G+G
They always underestimate the safebreaker’s daughter
Interlude:
G+G 
D/F#D/F# C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Verse 2:
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Well, they took the land away from the farmer’s daughter
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And they took away the clay from the son of the potter
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And with no drop of shame in their wheelin’ dealin’ eyes
C majorC D MajorD G+G
So when the morning came, all she left them were their lies
Chorus:
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Oh, the banker’s boy, the boss’s son
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
They’re hoarding all the treasures their daddy’s won
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And they think the vault won’t break, come hell or high water
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
They always underestimate the safebreaker’s daughter
C majorC D MajorD G+G
They always underestimate the safebreaker’s daughter
Interlude:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Dum de da da dum, dum de da da da da
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Dum de da da dum, da dum de da da dum
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Dum de da da dum, dum de da da da da
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Dum de da da dum, da dum de da da dum
Verse 3:
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Well, they took the rights away from the children of the free
C majorC D MajorD G+G
They said that gold today is worth more than liberty
C majorC D MajorD G+G
They didn’t think she’d find the stash they were stockpiling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
She found the safe, behind a picture of them smiling
Chorus:
C majorC G+G D MajorD
Oh, the banker’s boy, the boss’s son
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
They’re hoarding all the treasures their daddy’s won
C majorC G+G D MajorD
And they think the vault is safe, but she’s smarter than they thought her
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
They always underestimate the safebreaker’s daughter
C majorC D MajorD G+G
They always underestimate the safebreaker’s daughter
Instrumental:]
G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
G MajorG D/F#D/F# C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD
Bridge:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
She don’t keep a dime and no bribe has ever bought her
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
She remembers all the things her daddy taught her
C majorC G+G D MajorD
You can’t lock her out, or put the chains about her
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Oh, she won’t be denied, the safebreaker’s daughter
Outro: (repeat and fade to end)
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Dum de da da dum, dum de da da da da
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Dum de da da dum, da dum de da da dum
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
Dum de da da dum, dum de da da da da
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Dum de da da dum, da dum de da da dum
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Track 9 - Good Time Gal
(Banjo Instrumental}
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Track 10 - Sweet Jezebel
CAPO: 4th Fret
Intro:
E minorEm (G+G)(
F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)
Verse 1:
(F#F#) E minorEm
In Louisian’, where swamp is land
(G+G)(F#F#)
And cotton falls like snow
E minorEm
Where alligators slink, mosquitoes drink
(G+G)
And wild things love to grow
(F#F#) E minorEm
It was past midnight, I had one headlight
A minorAm
And my gas pedal on the floor
E minorEm
I was tired of watching clocks and taking hard knocks
A minorAm 
B7B7 E minorEm
And locking my dreams in a drawer
Verse 2:
E MajorE
Up ahead in the night, a deer took flight
A minorAm
As warm rain started to fall
E minorEm
Heard my tires squeal as I jerked the wheel
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
And drove straight into an oak tree wall
My head in a daze, I escaped through a maze
A minorAm
Of busted steel and glass
E minorEm
In silk pantyhose with holes in the toes
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
I started running through the tall wet grass
Chorus:
C majorC B7B7
I saw a house all alone, as bare as a bone
A minorAm E minorEm
Like someone had thrown it away
C majorC B7B7
It reeked of smoke and neglect
A minorAm B7B7
That choked memories of a better day
A minorAm D MajorD
I stood at the door, soaked to my core
E minorEm
And feeling just a little insane
A minorAm C majorC
When the door opened wide, a man stood inside
B7B7
And said, "Come in out of the rain"
N.C. E minorEm
Said, "Come in out of the rain"
Interlude:
E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#)
Verse 3:
E minorEm
His eyes were dark like the eyes of a shark
(G+G)(F#F#)
And his face was neither young nor old
E minorEm
I paused for a beat before moving my feet
(G+G)
And crossing that wide threshold
(F#F#) E minorEm
It was a summer night and a fire burned bright
A minorAm
But I began to shiver and shake
E minorEm
He gave me a coat of fur, a smile demure
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
And a plate full of devil’s food cake
Verse 4:
E MajorE
Oh, he sat down on a chair like a lion in his lair
A minorAm
And lit up a thin cigar
E minorEm
With an air of conceit, reached down by his feet
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
And picked up a red guitar
He ran his hand down the strings like his fingers were wings
A minorAm
And a strange silence fell
E minorEm
He said, "This is my story, my life and my glory
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
Oh, this is my sweet Jezebel"
Chorus:
C majorC B7B7
Jezebel was slim with ebony trim
A minorAm E minorEm
And I stared in wonder and awe
C majorC B7B7
Her neck was inlaid with pearl and jade
A minorAm B7B7
And I couldn’t find one single flaw
A minorAm D MajorD
He started to play, and I started to pray
E minorEm
As that fire burned hotter than hell
A minorAm C majorC
And I could feel a hole burning clear through my soul
B7B7
As I listened to sweet Jezebel
N.C. C majorC
I listened to sweet Jezebel
Instrumental:
C majorC 
F#dim7F#dim7 
D7/F#D7/F# C majorC F#dim7F#dim7 C majorC
E minorEm F#dim7F#dim7 FF E minorEm F#dim7F#dim7 E minorEm C majorC B7B7 E minorEm
Verse 5:
She sang about sin and places she’d been
A minorAm
And I found myself lost in her spell
E minorEm
Of murder and lies, deceit and disguise
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
Was the song of, oh, sweet Jezebel
Like a siren of the sea, she sang it to me
A minorAm
And each note was calling my name
E minorEm
And the harder I fought, the closer I got
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
To standing in that red-hot flame
Chorus:
C majorC B7B7
A augmentedA faint morning glow, through a dusty window
A minorAm E minorEm
Washed over me like a flood
C majorC B7B7
And the song of a sparrow came straight as an arrow
A minorAm B7B7
Through that guitar, red as blood
A minorAm D MajorD
There was fear and surprise in those cold shark eyes
E minorEm
As I reached for sweet Jezebel
A minorAm C majorC
And the flames leapt higher as straight in the fire
B7B7
I threw that guitar back to hell
N.C. E minorEm
I threw that guitar back to hell
Interlude:
E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)(F#F#) E minorEm (G+G)
Verse 6:
(F#F#) E minorEm
An unholy scream cut through my dream
(G+G)(F#F#)
And I woke with my head on the dash
E minorEm
My car smelled of smoke from the rain that had choked
(G+G)(F#F#)
The fire that flamed from the crash
E minorEm
I jumped from my seat, away from that heat
A minorAm
And kneeled on that rain-soaked ground
E minorEm
I prayed till I cried, till the fear in my died
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
And on that lonely road I was found
Verse 7:
Oh, never again will I be taken in
A minorAm
By a stranger in the night
E minorEm
I take the path narrow and the song of a sparrow
A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm
Leads me straight into the arms of the light
A minorAm D MajorD
But sometimes in the dark I see the eyes of a shark
E minorEm
And I’m lost in a dream for a spell
A minorAm C majorC
Before I can wake, I eat devil’s food cake
B7B7
And hear again, sweet Jezebel
N.C. E minorEm
Hear again, sweet Jezebel
Outro:
C majorC F#dim7F#dim7 D7/F#D7/F# C majorC F#dim7F#dim7 C majorC D7/F#D7/F# E minorEm
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