[Pre-Intro] No Capo (probably need a second guitar) Can be played from 7th fret capo'd position, but
it's a finger knotter and it doesn't flow as well as the open arpeggio does -IMO.
slow...
e|-------0--------------------------| e|-------0-----------------------0-|
B|-----------0--------0---0---0-----| B|-----------0--------0---0---0--0-|
G|-----0-------4----2---0-------2h4-| x2 G|-----0-------4----2---0--------0-|
D|-0h2-----2----------------4-------| D|-0h2-----2----------------4----2-|
A|----------------------------------| A|-------------------------------2-|
E|----------------------------------| E|-------------------------------0-|
[Intro] Capo 7th
e|------------------| e|------------------|
B|-0-----1----------| B|-3-----3----------|
G|---2--------2---2-| x4 G|---0---0----0---0-| x4 (Play Twice, then throughout verses)
D|-----2--------2---| D|-----2--------2---|
A|-0----------------| A|-0----------------|
E|------------------| E|------------------|
OR, from open, no capo position:
[Intro] No Capo
e|-2-0---3---0---0--| e|-5-----5----------|
B|-----0-------0----| B|---3---3----3---3-|
G|------------------| x4 G|-----4--------4---| x4 (Play Twice, then throughout verses)
D|-2----------------| D|-2-------------2--|
A|------------------| A|------------------|
E|------------------| E|------------------|
Capo 7th (can be played from the No Capo "open" position, like the Pre-Intro:
Am=Em, A7sus4=E7sus4, D=A, D7=A7, F=C, Em=Bm, Dm=Am, G=D, Em(add9)=Bm(add9))
[Verse 1]
Am
The days grow short, the nights are gone
A7sus4
Since you were here, I can't go on
Am
I cried for you, to no avail
A7sus4
Now my life runs cold when the night winds wail
[Pre-Chorus]
D D7
But I cheat the hangman, cheated him many times before
A7sus4
The bell that tolls the hour has turned sweet lips to sour
D D7
Yes, I cheat the hangman and even when life has flown away
A7sus4
I leave a kiss behind
[Intro (Play Once)]
[Verse 2]
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Am
The rain that fell upon my stone
A7sus4
Like tears you cry, I shed alone
Am
I walk the night, I cannot sleep
A7sus4
The love you spend you cannot reap
[Pre-Chorus]
D D7
But I cheat the hangman, cheated him many times before
A7sus4
The bell that tolls the hour has turned sweet lips to sour
D D7
Yes, I cheat the hangman and even when life has flown away
[Chorus]
F Em
I leave a kiss behind
F Em Em(add9)
The glow of love will shine
Dm Em F G Am (pre-intro)
Lighted windows stare at the stranger there returning home
Dm Em F G Am (pre-intro)
Only lighted windows stare at the lonely stranger there returning home
Dm Em F G Am (pre-intro)
Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do... De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De...Ooh...
[Break]
Am(intro) A7sus4
Ooh............................Ooh..............Ahh....................
Am A7sus4
Ooh............................Ooh..............Ahh....................
Am A7sus4
Ooh............................Ooh..............Ahh....................
D D7 A7sus4
Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do...
D D7 A7sus4
Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do...
D D7
Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do...
[Chorus 2]
F Em
I leave a kiss behind
F Em Em(add9)
The glow of love will shine
Dm Em F G Am(pre-intro)
Lighted windows stare at the stranger there returning home
Dm Em F G Am(pre-intro)
Only lighted windows stare at the lonely stranger there returning home
Dm Em F G Am...
Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do... De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-De-Do...
