Beverly Penn chords by The Waterboys

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC  G+G

Verse 1:
              C majorC   G+G
Girl sleeping on a mansion roof
          C majorC  G+G
Under a wintery sky
                D/F#D/F#  C majorC
Wrapped she is in her furs and sable
            G+G
Starlight in her eye

Verse 2:
                 C majorC   G+G
And what is the name of this creature?
              C majorC  G+G
Where did she live and when?
          D/F#D/F#
Who was she and why was it
      C majorC           G+G   C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G
That Peter Lake - loved - Beverly Penn?

Verse 3:
              C majorC   G+G
Four o'clock in a marble morning
             C majorC  G+G
Water pouring on her skin
             D/F#D/F# C majorC
In fever, her life bursts open
              G+G
And a hurricane blows in

Verse 4:
                 C majorC     G+G
When high from the dreams of this creature
              C majorC  G+G
A augmentedA thief on a horse descends
             D/F#D/F#
It was dawn and it was December
     C majorC           G+G
And Peter Lake - loved - Beverly Penn

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC  G+G

Verse 5:
             C majorC  G+G
It was all of a windy day
               C majorC  G+G
And the sky was full of crows
           D/F#D/F#   C majorC
When her lovely soul ascended
                   G+G
She just closed her heart and rose

Verse 6:
                 C majorC    G+G
And whither the soul of this creature?
            C majorC  G+G
Tell me the story again
               D/F#D/F#
Of scarves and songs and the skin of space
       C majorC           G+G
And how Peter Lake - loved - Beverly Penn

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC  G+G

Verse 7:
               C majorC  G+G
I would dive in a freezing river
           C majorC   G+G
Set fire to a hundred men
           D/F#D/F#
If I could, for just one time
     C majorC                 G+G   C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G
Love somebody the way that he loved Beverly Penn

Outro:
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# C majorC  G+G