Ceremony chords by Rainer Maria

Chords with lyrics

Key: E MajorE

Tuning: Standard EADBBe

Chords used:
E MajorE -  022100
BB -  x24442
C# minorC#m - x46654
A augmentedA -  x02220
F# minorF#m - 244222
G# minorG#m - 466444


Intro: C#m--B-C#m--F#m-G#m-F#m-E- x4

Verse 1:
C# minorC#m  BB C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
  the body
  C# minorC#m  BB
has got to be
C# minorC#m   F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
worth saving
C# minorC#m BB  C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
eye-lids are shi-----ning
C# minorC#m   BB  C# minorC#m
  with headache and
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
perspi--ra--tion
C# minorC#m BB  C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
mor-ning is fin-----ding
C# minorC#m    BB C# minorC#m
  good intentions
    F# minorF#m
under sleep's
G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
per-sua-sion


Verse 2:
C# minorC#m  BB C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
  the body
C# minorC#m  BB  C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
  has got to be
C# minorC#m BB C# minorC#m F# minorF#m  G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
our past lives   were
C# minorC#m  BB C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m
  too heavy and too
G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE  C# minorC#m BB  C# minorC#m
ex--pen-sive now we're
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m BB C# minorC#m
pa------ying   together
  F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
for our in--ven-tions

Chorus 1:
E MajorE F# minorF#m G# minorG#m BB   E MajorE
may----be there's
 E MajorE  BB E MajorE E MajorE F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
a ceremony wri----tten
BB  E MajorE E
down inside the
BB E MajorE    E MajorE F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
body where may----be
BB E MajorE  E MajorE   BB
no one maybe no
E MajorE E MajorE F# minorF#m G# minorG#m BB E MajorE  E MajorE  BB E MajorE
one     e-ver sees


Post Chorus 1:
E MajorE    BB
 you begin like
 C# minorC#m BB
a lion and you
E MajorE  BB   C# minorC#m BB
end like a lamb


Verse 3:
C# minorC#m BB  C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
mo--lars are grin----ding
C# minorC#m   BB C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
  inspiration down to
F# minorF#m E MajorE   C# minorC#m  BB
no--thing where are
C# minorC#m  F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
the instruc----tions
C# minorC#m  BB  C# minorC#m
  on how to
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
keep it go--ing?


Verse 4:
C# minorC#m  BB C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
  the body

C# minorC#m  BB C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE

 C# minorC#m BB  C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE
a pa--tient  mo-----tor
C# minorC#m  BB C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
  in secret  is
F# minorF#m E MajorE  C# minorC#m BB
whirring bin-ding
C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m F# minorF#m E MajorE C# minorC#m
to---ge------ther   what
  BB C# minorC#m F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
was broken with the
F# minorF#m   E MajorE
heart's string


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Post Chorus 2:
E MajorE    BB
 you begin like
 C# minorC#m BB
a lion and you
E MajorE  BB   C# minorC#m BB
end like a lamb
E MajorE    BB
 you begin like
 C# minorC#m BB
a lion and you
E MajorE  BB   C# minorC#m BB
end like a lamb


Bridge::
A augmentedA
 to have
without
keeping

to sigh without
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
boredom to know
without thinking
and to love
    C# minorC#m BB
without e---ver
F# minorF#m E MajorE
kno-wing


Chorus 2:
E MajorE F# minorF#m G# minorG#m BB   E MajorE
may----be there's
 E MajorE  BB E MajorE E MajorE F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
a ceremony wri----tten
BB  E MajorE E
down inside the
BB E MajorE    E MajorE F# minorF#m G# minorG#m
body where may----be
BB E MajorE  E MajorE   BB
no one maybe no
E MajorE E MajorE F# minorF#m G# minorG#m BB E MajorE  E MajorE  BB E MajorE E(hold)