The Rake chords by Shawn James

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

Intro:
DmDm Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G G7G7 G6G6 DmDm
Dm Fmaj7Fmaj7 G+G G7G7 G6G6 DmDm


Verse 1:
DmDm         Fmaj7Fmaj7
I used to wake and run with the moon
G+G       G7G7  G6G6  DmDm
I lived like a rake and a young man
DmDm            Fmaj7Fmaj7
I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds
  G+G       G7G7 G6G6  DmDm
my laughter the devil would frighten

Chorus:
  Fmaj7Fmaj7     G+G    C majorC      DmDm
The sun she would come and beat me back down
  C majorC            DmDm
but every cruel day had its nightfall
  Fmaj7Fmaj7    G+G     C majorC    DmDm
I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars
C majorC          DmDm
full of fire and forgetful


Verse 2:
DmDm          Fmaj7Fmaj7
My body was sharp my dark hair clean
  G+G       G7G7 G6G6 DmDm
and outrage my joyful companion
DmDm          Fmaj7Fmaj7
whisperin' women how sweet did they seem
G+G      G7G7 G6G6 DmDm
kneelin' for me to command them


Chorus:
  Fmaj7Fmaj7     G+G     C majorC     DmDm
And time was like water but I was the sea
  C majorC            DmDm
I woulden't have noticed it passin'
Fmaj7Fmaj7     G+G     C majorC     DmDm
except for the turnin' of night into day
    C majorC          DmDm
and the turnin' of day into cursin

Verse 3:
DmDm              Fmaj7Fmaj7
You look at me now, and don't think I don't know
   G+G    G7G7  G6G6  DmDm
what all your eyes are a sayin'
DmDm                Fmaj7Fmaj7
Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies
       G+G        G7G7   G6G6   DmDm
they're just tricks that his brains been a playin'?


Chorus:
 Fmaj7Fmaj7  G+G    C majorC      DmDm
A augmentedA lover of women he can't hardly stand
  C majorC              DmDm
he trembles he's bent and he's broken
   Fmaj7Fmaj7    G+G    C majorC    DmDm
I've fallen it's true but I say to you
     C majorC            DmDm
hold your tongues until after I've spoken


Verse 4:
   DmDm           Fmaj7Fmaj7
I was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known
 G+G          G7G7 G6G6   DmDm
I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven
    DmDm             Fmaj7Fmaj7
but my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and
   G+G       G7G7   G6G6 DmDm
said friend, we're holdin' a wedding


Chorus:
 Fmaj7Fmaj7   G+G      C majorC     DmDm
I buried my face but it spoke once again
  C majorC            DmDm
the night to the day we're a bindin'
  Fmaj7Fmaj7    G+G      C majorC     DmDm
and now the dark air is like fire on my skin
  C majorC           DmDm
and even the moonlight is blinding
  Fmaj7Fmaj7    G+G      C majorC     DmDm
and now the dark air is like fire on my skin
  C majorC           Dm*
and even the moonlight is blinding

* = let ring