Requiem chords by Alan Parsons

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Intermediate

REQUIEM. (Alan Parsons)

A major 6A6  x02222
A/C#A/C# x42220
Am/F# 202210
Em9Em9  022002
Em/C# x42000

Intro:
| E minorEm | E minorEm | C majorC | B7B7 | (x2)

Chorus:
   E minorEm
Well, I thought that one day
C majorC         B7B7
 You and me would run away
  E minorEm
Did I make a mistake
  C majorC    B7B7
Of saving my someday
  E minorEm      Em/C#
So write on the headstone
C majorC       B7B7
Here lies the unknown
  A minorAm
The wand breaks and love cries
  C majorC      B7B7
The day that the magic dies

Verse:
Em9Em9       A major 6A6
 I speak the eulogy
       Em9Em9
To everyone I see
          C majorC B7B7
It doesn't comfort me
Em9Em9      A major 6A6
 The requiem I wrote
         Em9Em9
For love will not grow old
         C majorC  B7B7
And we will never know
    Em9Em9   A major 6A6
We'll never know
   Em9Em9 A major 6A6 B7B7
Never know

Chorus:
  E minorEm
But I thought that one day
C majorC         B7B7
 You and me would run away
  E minorEm
Did I make a mistake
  C majorC    B7B7
Of saving my someday
  E minorEm      Em/C#
So write on the headstone
C majorC       B7B7
Here lies the unknown
  A minorAm
The wand breaks and love cries
  C majorC      B7B7
The day that the magic dies

Instrumental:
E minorEm C majorC B7B7 (x2)
E minorEm Am/F# B7B7 (x2)
E minorEm A/C#A/C# (x2)

Verse:
E minorEm           A major 6A6
 Put on the clothes of black
          Em9Em9
She's never coming back
       C majorC  B7B7
The family's so sad
Em9Em9         A major 6A6
 I'm damned to being saved
         Em9Em9
I rise above the grave
        C majorC B7B7
A augmentedA new way everyday

Chorus:
  E minorEm
But I thought that one day
C majorC         B7B7
 You and me would run away
  E minorEm
Did I make a mistake
  C majorC    B7B7
Of saving my someday
  E minorEm      Em/C#
So write on the headstone
C majorC       B7B7
 Here lies the dead and gone
  A minorAm
The wand broke and the love cried
  C majorC      B7B7   E minorEm  C majorC B7B7
The day that the magic dieeeeees
E minorEm  Em/C# C majorC B7B7 E minorEm Em/C# C majorC B7B7
 Goodbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye
  E minorEm C majorC B7B7 Em9Em9
Goodbye