The Trumpet Child chords by Over The Rhine

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
B/E E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm BB x2


Verse:
  BB    E minorEm   D MajorD
The trumpet child will blow his horn
   C majorC         A minorAm  BB
Will blast the sky till it's reborn
   B/E   E minorEm      D MajorD
With Gabriel's power and Satchmo's grace
   C majorC         A minorAm BB
He will surprise the human race
  B/E  E minorEm     D MajorD
The trumpet he will use to blow
   C majorC       C/AC/A  BB
Is being fashioned out of fire
   E minorEm         D MajorD
The mouthpiece is a glowing coal
   C majorC        A minorAm  BB
The bell a burst of wild desire

   E minorEm          D MajorD
The trumpet child will riff on love
   C majorC         A minorAm BB
Thelonious notes from up above
   E minorEm        D MajorD
He'll improvise a kingdom come
   C majorC      A minorAm    BB
Accompanied by a different drum
  B/E  E minorEm       D MajorD
The trumpet child will banquet here
   C majorC       C/AC/A  BB
Until the lost are truly found
  E minorEm         D MajorD
A augmentedA thousand days, a thousand years
   C majorC       A minorAm BB
Nobody knows for sure how long


   E minorEm       D MajorD
The rich forget about their gold
   C majorC          A minorAm  BB
The meek and mild are strangely bold
  B/E E minorEm   D MajorD
The lion lies beside the lamb
   C majorC          A minorAm     BB
And licks a murderer's outstretched hand


   E minorEm          D MajorD
The trumpet child will lift a glass
   C majorC         C/AC/A BB
His bride now leaning in at last
   E minorEm       D MajorD
His final aim to fill with joy
   C majorC         A minorAm  BB
The earth that man all but destroyed


Outro:
E MajorE D MajorD C majorC A minorAm BB