Guitar chords with lyrics
Verse 1:DmDm The dancer slows her frantic pace, in pain and desperation,
FF
A#A# Her aching limbs and downcast face aglow with perspiration
DmDm Stiff as wire, her lungs on fire, with just the briefest pause
FF
A#A#
C majorC The flooding through her memory, The echoes of old applause.
FF
Dsus2Dsus2 She limps across the floor and closes her bedroom door...
Intro:DmDm
DmDm
FF
A#A# e|---------1p0-------------------1p0----------------------|
BB|-------3-----3---------------3-----1--------------------|
G+G|-----2--------------0h2----2--------------0h2-2-----3---| x2
D MajorD|--0-------------0-0-----0-------------0-0-----3-----3---|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------3-----1---|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------1---------| (Continues throughout the verse up until the
C majorC chord) Verse 2:
DmDm The writer stares with glassy eyes, defies the empty page
FF
A#A# His beard is white, his face is lined and streaked with tears of rage.
DmDm Thirty years ago, how the words would flow, with passion and precision,
FF
A#A#
C majorC But now his mind is dark and dulled by sickness and indecision
FF
Dsus2Dsus2 And he stares out the kitchen door, where the sun will rise no more...
Bridge: Play this once to transition into the bridge e|-------------|BB|----------1--|
G+G|------2-0----|
D MajorD|--0-3--------|
A augmentedA|-------------|
E MajorE|-------------|
D MajorD
C majorC
G+G
G+G
D MajorD
C majorC
G+G Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasies
D MajorD
C majorC
G+G But most of us just dream about the things we'd like to be
D#sus2D#sus2
C#sus2C#sus2
Bsus2Bsus2
F#F# Sadder still to watch it die than never to have known it Chorus:
A#sus2A#sus2
Csus2Csus2 For you, the blind who once could see
A#sus2A#sus2
Csus2Csus2
A#sus2A#sus2
Csus2Csus2 The bell tolls for thee...
A#sus2A#sus2
Csus2Csus2
Dsus2Dsus2
Dsus2Dsus2 The bell tolls for.. Solo: e|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
G+G|-----2-0-----------0-----| |---------------------------------3----5--|
D MajorD|-0-3-----2-----0-3---2---| X4 |----0-3---2---0-3---2---0-3---2--3----5--|
A augmentedA|-----------3-1---------3-| |--1-----3---1-----3---1-----3----1----3--|
E MajorE|-------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| Chorus:
A#sus2A#sus2
Csus2Csus2 For you, the blind who once could see
A#sus2A#sus2
Csus2Csus2
A#sus2A#sus2
Csus2Csus2 The bell tolls for thee...
A#sus2A#sus2
Csus2Csus2
Dsus2Dsus2
Dsus2Dsus2 The bell tolls for thee... Outro:
DmDm e|---------1p0----|
BB|-------3-----3--|
G+G|-----2----------|
D MajorD|--0-------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------| ************************************ | p Pull-off | h Hammer-on ************************************ X