The Ballad Of The Red Flame Lily chords by Rome

Chords with lyrics

Jerome has a sort of sauntering vocal style, so pinning down exactly where the chord changes occur can be a bit
tricky if you're relying solely on this transcription. The chord changes keep easy time, so just focus on that
as your guide and listen to the song if you get really hung up on the timing of the lyrics.

Capo on 3

Intro:
A augmentedA E minorEm D MajorD

    A minorAm
On this day all the trees in Rhodesia are aflame
As the eyes of the griever
  E minorEm          D MajorD
With flowers of aching replete
    A minorAm
And my mind's overflowing with vengeance
For to pine is not an occupation but a sentence
   E minorEm               D MajorD
And in time we will all be faking retreat

    A minorAm
Have you got rid of it yet?
This faith corroded with neglect
E minorEm           D MajorD
 Can we ever hide the hurt?
     A minorAm
At least at night the harvest sun's yoke
Is rising like rebel smoke
E minorEm           D MajorD
 Beyond the oceans in swirls

      A minorAm
And it will shame us now
      C majorC    G+G
And it will shame us still
      A minorAm
And it will shame us now
      C majorC    G+G
And it will shame us still

A minorAm [for 4 beats]

     A minorAm
What a hollow promise from hollow men
      E minorEm          D MajorD
What a shallow grave for shallow men
           A minorAm
You're the bull that paws the earth
The leopard that teaches to run
      E minorEm             D MajorD
You're the crocodile that eats the sun

    A minorAm
So we walk on through and beyond
E minorEm        D MajorD
 The failures of men
    A minorAm
And we know there's a void at the center
E minorEm    D MajorD
 of everything

      A minorAm
And it will shame us now
      C majorC    G+G
And it will shame us still
      A minorAm
And it will shame us now
      C majorC    G+G
And it will shame us still

[play that last part again, but peppered with the following lyrics and play until end]
It was wrong to come here
I was wrong to come here