Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: D MajorD
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
Bb majorBb A augmentedA G minorGm A augmentedA G minorGm D MajorD
C majorC A augmentedA Bb majorBb D MajorD G minorGm C majorC
BB D MajorD C majorC A augmentedA Bb majorBb D MajorD
Verse 1:
D MajorD C majorC Bb majorBb
I crowned the same old passing of time
D MajorD Bb majorBb C minorCm
Gave the golden scepter though it was never really mine
D MajorD C majorC FF D MajorD
He made the days all pass me by
D MajorD Bb majorBb C minorCm
In such idyllic swiftness, he didn't even try
Chorus:
D MajorD C majorC
And so it goes, the stillness covers my ears
D MajorD C minorCm
Tenderly, until all sound disappears
D MajorD C majorC
Now it shows, while wind is swinging the trees
D MajorD C minorCm D MajorD
Vigorously. Well, it has stopped to move me
A minorAm Eb MajorEb D MajorD Bb majorBb A minorAm Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Ahhhh
Verse 2:
D MajorD C majorC
I praised the same old spending of time
D MajorD Bb majorBb
Slept on the whitest beaches in the calmest of nights
D MajorD C minorCm Bb majorBb
They held me chained and captive so I
D MajorD C minorCm C majorC
Could never join the sea in its ever changing tides
Bridge:
C majorC Bb majorBb D MajorD
If I'm to let it in
C majorC Eb MajorEb D MajorD
It might just stay forever
C majorC Eb MajorEb D MajorD
For if I'm to welcome him
C majorC Eb MajorEb D MajorD
We might just stay together
A minorAm Eb MajorEb D MajorD Bb majorBb A minorAm Eb MajorEb D MajorD
Ahhhh
Verse 3:
D MajorD G+G C minorCm Bb majorBb
The crown remains, it’s always been mine
FF D MajorD G+G C minorCm G+G GbGb
I ought to wear it better, I ought to know it now
Chorus:
D MajorD C majorC
And so it goes, the stillness covers my ears
D MajorD C minorCm
Tenderly, until all sound disappears
D MajorD C majorC Eb MajorEb
Now it shows, while wind is swinging the trees
D MajorD C minorCm D MajorD
Vigorously. Well, it has stopped to move me
Outro:
A minorAm Eb MajorEb D MajorD Bb majorBb A minorAm GbGb D MajorD
Ahhhh