Annabels Lament chords by Paul Shapera

Chords with lyrics

[Intro] Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb
    G minorGm FF Eb MajorEb

Bb majorBb         FF
Ghosts of dreams, ghosts of memory
   Eb MajorEb
That will not leave or lay in quiet
G minorGm        FF
Ghosts that cry about the life
   Eb MajorEb
You let go by

Bb majorBb       FF
Ghosts of pasts of little girls who
Eb MajorEb
Learned their math, grasped their facts
G minorGm          FF
Tried their best to reach success
     Eb MajorEb
Just as they were asked

   Bb majorBb         FF
The girl learns to hide, deep inside
   Eb MajorEb
Of fractions and facts and worlds of math
  G minorGm            FF
A augmentedA long lonely land she can understand
Eb MajorEb
Annabelle in Numberland

        Bb majorBb
You could have been my angel
 FF       Eb MajorEb
Been my angel, been my angel and been with me
       G minorGm
Could have been my angel
FF        Eb MajorEb
Been my angel, been my angel and rescued me


[Interlude] Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb
      G minorGm FF Eb MajorEb


Bb majorBb      FF
Ghosts of love you never knew, you
 Eb MajorEb
Just construed like well penned plays
G minorGm          FF
Ghosts of scenes, embraces, things
   Eb MajorEb
You only knew in dreamt up days

Bb majorBb       FF
Ghosts of frowns for little girls when
Eb MajorEb
Friends came round to waste her time
G minorGm       FF
Ghosts of creeds, rebukes received
     Eb MajorEb
Children are not what achievers need

Bb majorBb         FF
Fractions and maths, sweet companions,
Eb MajorEb
Equations and facts who always stand
G minorGm         FF
By as you go your road alone
Eb MajorEb
Annabelle in Numberland

        Bb majorBb
You could have been my angel
 FF       Eb MajorEb
Been my angel, been my angel and been with me
      G minorGm
Could have been my angel
FF        Eb MajorEb
Been my angel, been my angel and rescued me

[Interlude] Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb
      G minorGm FF Eb MajorEb

Bb majorBb       FF
Ghosts of me, ghosts of who
Eb MajorEb
I could be and been with you
G minorGm       FF
Ghosts of dreams, of who you thought
    Eb MajorEb
You'd one day be when you grew up

Bb majorBb        FF
Ghosts of breath, of little girls
   Eb MajorEb
Who promised, stressed they'd be their best
G minorGm          FF
Ghosts of days that fade away
   Eb MajorEb
As failure holds your hand til Death

  Bb majorBb        FF
And deep in the place you escape where
Eb MajorEb
Theorems and thoughts your hopes and plans
G minorGm          FF
All are derailed and then you failed them
Eb MajorEb
Annabelle in Numberland

Bb majorBb         FF
Liquids and labs, fractions and facts,
      Eb MajorEb
Is all you had, all that you understand
  G minorGm        FF
And as you age, all that remains with
Eb MajorEb
Annabelle in Numberland

        Bb majorBb
You could have been my angel
FF        Eb MajorEb
Been my angel, been my angel and been with me
        G minorGm
You could have been my angel
FF     Eb MajorEb
My angel, been my angel and rescued me
Bb majorBb     FF
My angel, my angel
Eb MajorEb
My angel and been with me
G minorGm    FF     Eb MajorEb
My angel, my angel