Priscilla And Jasper Play Cards chords by Paul Shapera

Chords with lyrics

[Intro] C minorCm AbAb DbDb BbmBbm G+G

C minorCm
Club and spade I raise,
               AbAb
Here in this parlor in this never ending game we play
    DbDb            BbmBbm      G+G
And we hide, just you and I, as day fades into day

C minorCm
Hidden in our room,
             AbAb
With a game that no one ever seems to win or lose
     DbDb              BbmBbm        G+G
And the shades of flames remain from a world we keep far away

C minorCm
Ghosts of towns, ghosts of cities
Bb majorBb
Games that brought its sad demise
   AbAb
The only way to end the game
G+G
One who plays must sacrifice

[Interlude] C minorCm AbAb DbDb BbmBbm G+G

C minorCm
Diamonds now I raise,
                AbAb
Outside we?d die and there is nowhere else I?d rather stay
    DbDb               BbmBbm             G+G
In the scrawl beyond these walls in a cold and coarse and vicious place

C minorCm
Here where there?s no time,
              AbAb
There?s no loss or lies or need to speak of sacrifice
     DbDb          BbmBbm            G+G
It?s no way to win a game and why else would a person play?

C minorCm
Ghosts of games, you?re always caught in
Bb majorBb
Ones you play but cannot win
   AbAb
The only way the game can die
G+G
One who plays must sacrifice

AbAb     Bb majorBb       C minorCm   DbDb
And on the day we come it?s over
F minorFm      Eb MajorEb         AbAb    Bb majorBb
And you will have your fate laid out and spun,
    AbAb          Bb majorBb        C minorCm   DbDb
It?s execution, and you may pray if you get comfort
F minorFm      Eb MajorEb         AbAb  Bb majorBb
It?s on that day you?re duty?s done

C minorCm


AbAb
Ghosts of Fay, the child I loved
    Eb MajorEb
Whose eyes and smile you remind me of
F minorFm
In the years I?ve been trapped here
Eb MajorEb
Only you I?ve come to love

  AbAb
A augmentedA ghost am I, one if they knew of
Eb MajorEb
Who, with you, they?d come and kill
F minorFm
Ghosts of death I wish to die
Eb MajorEb
But sacrifice so you might live

C minorCm
Ghosts of love, of little girls you
Bb majorBb
Talked and watched as they grew up
AbAb
Ghosts of things and rings and gifts
   G+G
You give to them so they might live

C minorCm
Ghosts of towns, ghosts of cities
Bb majorBb
Games that brought their sad demise
   AbAb
The only way to end the game
G+G
One who plays must sacrifice

N.C.
Hearts and now I fold,
You can?t mean that you just dream of death and wish to go?
You?re my soul, my angel,
The only thing that keeps me whole

How can you want to die?
All this time and all these years that slowly pass on by
You?re alive so I don?t die?
What kind of twisted sacrifice.

AbAb     Bb majorBb       C minorCm   DbDb
And on the day we come it?s over
F minorFm      Eb MajorEb         AbAb    Bb majorBb
And you will have your fate laid out and spun,
    AbAb          Bb majorBb        C minorCm   DbDb
It?s execution, and you may pray if you get comfort
F minorFm      Eb MajorEb         AbAb  Bb majorBb
It?s on that day you?re duty?s done