Minotaur Forgiving Poseidon chords by Moonface

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD  B minorBm E minorEm x4

Verse:
B minorBm      C majorC
Why, Poseidon
   E minorEm         G+G        D MajorD
I suppose you are the closest thing I happen to have
B minorBm    E minorEm
 To a beginning

B minorBm      C majorC
Why, Poseidon
   E minorEm         G+G        D MajorD
I suppose there was no way to know what had to happen
B minorBm      E minorEm
 When you released my father

Chorus:
    B minorBm
In the form of a bull
     C majorC
From the foam of the sea
    E minorEm
In the form of a bull
     G+G
From the foam of the sea
    D MajorD
In the form of a slick white bull
      B minorBm     E minorEm
From the slick white foam of the sea

Verse:
B minorBm      C majorC
Why, Poseidon
   E minorEm        G+G        D MajorD
I suppose you never chose for me to live this way
B minorBm    E minorEm
 So I forgive you as I would have forgiven you anyway

Instrumental:
B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD  B minorBm E minorEm

Chorus:
            B minorBm   C majorC
But I have so many questions!
     E minorEm         G+G
Was his colour inspired by mother of pearl?
      D MajorD
Did you fashion his hide from pieces of coral?
B minorBm     E minorEm                           B minorBm
 Did the horns come from skeletons of men that you swallowed in storms?

Post Chorus:
B minorBm C majorC E minorEm

  G+G             D MajorD                   B minorBm
Or did you just summon up the very first animal that swam into your skull?
  E minorEm                 B minorBm
Oh, why, Poseidon? Why a white bull? Oh why???

B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD  B minorBm E minorEm

Pre-Bridge Verse:
  B minorBm             C majorC
And why would you make him so lovely
      E minorEm              G+G
Then wonder why the sacrificer couldn't draw back the blade
     D MajorD                 B minorBm
Did you want him to break that promise he made
      E minorEm
So he would burn, burn in his bathhouse grave

Instrumental:
B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD  B minorBm E minorEm

Bridge:
B minorBm        C majorC
 This is what I have:
      E minorEm       G+G        D MajorD
Black mud. Grey stone. Walls. Halls. Corners. Bones

         B minorBm
This is what you have:
   E minorEm
The entire colourful open sea
B minorBm
This is what I do:
   C majorC
Sit. Wait. Murder. Eat.
E minorEm
This is what you do:
   G+G
You don't let things be
         D MajorD
You don't let questions just hang in the spray
      B minorBm  E minorEm
You make angels

And they make monsters

Instrumental:
B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD  B minorBm E minorEm

Chorus:
     B minorBm         C majorC
Was his colour inspired by mother of pearl?
(In the form of a bull, from the foam of the sea)
     E minorEm          G+G
Did you fashion his hide from pieces of coral?
(In the form of a bull, from the foam of the sea)
     D MajorD                     B minorBm     E minorEm
Did the horns come from skeletons of men that you swallowed in storms?
(In the form of a slick white bull, from the slick white foam of the sea)

Verse:
B minorBm       C majorC
Why, Poseidon?
E minorEm       G+G
Why, Poseidon?
   D MajorD             B minorBm    E minorEm
I suppose there was no way to know what had to happen

Outro:
B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G D MajorD  B minorBm E minorEm