Chords with lyrics
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E minorEm A minorAm
A augmentedA bell in a churchyard,
E minorEm B7B7
It yells for me to begin.
E minorEm A minorAm
And my hands they tremble and shake.
E minorEm B7B7
While a chill burrows under my skin.
E minorEm A minorAm
It rains in the valley,
E minorEm B7B7
It rains from the skies.
E minorEm A minorAm
And it's raining deep inside my soul,
E minorEm B7B7
And it pours up and out of my eyes.
E minorEm A minorAm B7B7 A minorAm
Not long ago, you were here in my arms
E minorEm A minorAm B7B7
And I swore I would protect you from harm
A minorAm E minorEm
Now here we are.
A minorAm B7B7
On this hill, 'neath the tree
A minorAm E minorEm
In the Churchyard at dawn.
A minorAm B7B7 A minorAm
How could we've fallen so far?
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm B7B7
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm
The earth is a blood-red clay
B7B7
That cakes to my heels.
E minorEm A minorAm
And the spade grows heavy as lead,
E minorEm B7B7
And my heart it is heavier still.
E minorEm A minorAm
In a bow there's a raven
E minorEm B7B7
And its eyes fix me with a stare.
E minorEm A minorAm
Then he turns and screams at the sky.
E minorEm B7B7
And it burns like the truth in my ears.
E minorEm A minorAm B7B7 A minorAm
Not long ago, you were here in my arms
E minorEm A minorAm B7B7
And I swore I would protect you from harm
A minorAm E minorEm
Now here we are.
A minorAm B7B7
On this hill, 'neath the tree
A minorAm E minorEm
In the Churchyard at dusk.
A minorAm B7B7 A minorAm
How could we've fallen so far?
E minorEm A minorAm B7B7
No one should find out how it feels
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Standing here, hoping and praying
B7B7 A minorAm E minorEm
You'll awake from this awful ordeal.
A minorAm B7B7
No one should find out what it's like
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm B7B7
Standing here, digging a hole in which to bury
A minorAm E minorEm
Your child and your wife.
E minorEm A minorAm
When they are finished
E minorEm B7B7
They look like wounds on a hill
Two graves, they lay side by side
For my life and my lover to fill.
E minorEm A minorAm B7B7
No one should find out how it feels
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Standing here, hoping and praying
B7B7 A minorAm E minorEm
You'll awake from this awful ordeal.
A minorAm B7B7
No one should find out what it's like
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
Standing here, not having the means
B7B7 A minorAm E minorEm
To buy the medicine to save their lives.