When The Dragon Came Down chords by Shel

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
G+G       A minorAm        FF
Lay your head down, close your eyes
G+G          A minorAm      FF
Sleeping on a golden bed, cold as ice


Instrumental:
C majorC (x4)


Chorus:
FF        A minorAm
Oh is she really gone
        C majorC
I lost my queen along with my crown
     E minorEm
When the Dragon came down
FF         A minorAm
Oh deep within my sleep
        C majorC
Awakened by the sound of her scream
  E minorEm           Bb majorBb   A minorAm
The Dragon came down like a dream

Riff:
Bb majorBb
The news gets worse every day
A minorAm
Read my paper pull my weight
FF         E minorEm
Head buried in the sand
Bb majorBb
Truth can free a common man
A minorAm
Wisdom take me by the hand
FF      E minorEm
Help me understand
  E minorEm
The Dragon came down


Verse 2:
G+G      A minorAm     FF
See the sun rise in the East
G+G    A minorAm         FF
  Evil wakes when the king sleeps

Chorus:
FF        A minorAm
Oh is she really gone
        C majorC
I lost my queen along with my crown
     E minorEm
When the Dragon came down
FF         A minorAm
Oh deep within my sleep
        C majorC
Awakened by the sound of her scream
  E minorEm           Bb majorBb   A minorAm
The Dragon came down like a dream


Riff:
Bb majorBb
The news gets worse every day
A minorAm
Read my paper pull my weight
FF         E minorEm
Head buried in the sand
Bb majorBb
Truth can free a common man
A minorAm
Wisdom take me by the hand
FF      E minorEm  C majorC
Help me understand


Bridge:
     E minorEm        A minorAm
You're a man with a broken soul
     E minorEm       A minorAm
You're a king who rules alone
     E minorEm        A minorAm
You're a cripple without a home
     E minorEm        C majorC
You're a bird struck by a stone
    Bb majorBb        FF
Better cut my tongue out now
     Bb majorBb         FF
Before I speak the truth too loud
      Bb majorBb         FF
Before the hope we've lost is found
      Bb majorBb        FF    A minorAm   FF    A minorAm
Before the world is wakened by this sound, by this sound
     E minorEm
When the Dragon came down


Refrain:

FF        A minorAm
Oh is she really gone
        C majorC
I lost my queen along with my crown
     E minorEm   C majorC  A minorAm
When the Dragon came down