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Tuning: Open D Minor (DADFAD)
Dm BbD|-----0---7-------0---7-------0---8-------0---8---|A|-----8---8-------8---8-------8---8-------8---8---|F|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|D|-------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------|D|-0-----------0-----------8-----------8-----------|
AD|-----0---0-------8---8-------7---7-------7---7---|A|-----7---7-------7---7-------0---0-------0---0---|F|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|D|-------------------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------|D|-7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------|
Dm Bb A (x2)
Dm
Darling, I loved you
Bb
I long to become you
A
And know what it is that you gave
Dm
We dance the sorrow
Bb
Forgive me tomorrow
F GmD|-------------------------------------------------|A|-----3---3-------3---3-------5---5-------5---5---|F|-----4---4-------4---4-------5---5-------5---5---|D|---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5-|A|-------------------------------------------------|D|-3-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------|
F Gm F
I pray night after night and day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
Dm
My mind drift away
Dm(end chorus)D|-----------------0---0-------3---3///7---7---7---|A|-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0---|F|-----0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|D|---0---0---0-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------------------|D|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb A
Dear lover forsaken, our love is taken away
Dm Bb
You were my speaker, my innocence-keeper
F Gm F
I don't night after night, day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
Dm(end chorus)
My mind drift away
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb A
Dear lover forgiven, my love is driven by rage
Dm Bb
Oh I should just leave you, instead of deceive you
F Gm F
But I don't, night after night, day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken
Dm(end chorus)
My mind drift away
Dm Bb
I count to no one, hold nobody's ear
A
I showed you my hand once and you hit me in fear
Dm
I don't stand for the devil
Bb
I don't whisper in ears
F Gm F Gm
I stand on the mountains and call people to hear
Dm(interlude) Dm/F Dm*D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|----0---0-------0---0-----------------------------------------------------|F|----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-----|D|--0---0---0---0---0---0-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-----|A|--------------------------1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0---0---0---|D|0-----------0-----------3-----------3-----------0-----------0-----------0-|
Dm(interlude) (x2)
Dm/F Dm* Dm/F
It's a sudden burst of light, it's a fate foretold
Dm* Dm/F Dm*
It is knowing, it is knowing
Dm Bb A
Dm Bb
He longs for the answers, as all of us must
A
He longs for the woman who will conquer his lust
Dm Bb
He screams in the night, I scream in the day
A
We weep in the evening and lie naked and pray
F Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm F
Night after night, day after day
Gm
Would you watch my body weaken,
Dm(end chorus)
My mind drift away
Dm/F Dm*
It's a tempting communion
Dm/F
It's a fate foretold
Dm* Dm/F
It is knowing, it is knowing
(Ad lib a little)D|---------0---------0-----------2------------0---|A|-------2---------2---2-------2---2-------2------|F|-----1---------1-------1---1-------1---1--------|D|---0---------0-----------0-----------0----------|A|------------------------------------------------|D|-0----------------------------------------------|
What it is that you're told
(Strum freely)D|-4--------5---------|A|-0--------0---------|F|-4--------5---------|D|-0--------0---------|A|-0--------0---------|D|-0--------0---------|
OutroD|----7-7-7---0---0--------7-7-7---0-----0------7-7-7---0-------------|A|---5------5-------------5------5-------------5------5----------0----|F|--7-----------7-----7--6-----------6-----6--5-------------5---------|D|-0--------------------0--------------------0------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0h2h3-3p2-----------2-3p2------------------|A|-----------0-------0-------0-------0--------|F|-------------0---0-----------0---2----------|D|---------------2---------------0------------|A|---------------------------------------0----|D|------------------------------------------0-|
