Orpheus

Introduction: E-C-A-F  (the C and A 
may be in reverse order, sorry)

E
Standing here on this stony ground

     C
The wind blows hot, pulls these 
clothes around

    A
I harbour all the same worries as 
most

        F
The temptation to leave or to give 
up the ghost

     D
I wrestle with an outlook on life

       G
That shifts between darkness and 
shadowy light

    C
I struggle with words, for fear that
 they'll hear

      Bb                       
But Orpheus sleeps on his back, 
                    A
still dead to the world


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Verse 2: (same chords)

Sunlight falls, my wings open wide
There's a beauty here that I cannot 
deny
In bottles that tumble and crash on 
the stairs
Just so many people I knew never 
cared

Down below on the wreck of the ship
There's a stronghold of pleasures I 
couldn't regret
But the baggage is swallowed up by 
the tide
As Orpheus keeps to his promise and 
stays by my side


Bridge:

Am      G
Tell me - I'd still love to learn

Am         G
Understand - These fires never die

Am         G
Believe me - When this joke is tired
 of laughing

Am               D         
I will be - the promise of my 
   F         G
Orpheus' singing


Intro (x2)


Verse 3:

Asleep as sleepers we row the boat
Just you, the weather, and I gave up
 hope
But all of the hurdles that fell in 
our lives
Were fuel for the fire and straw for
 our backs

Still the voices of stories to tell
Of the power struggles of heaven and
 hell
But we feel secure again, such 
mighty dreams
As Orpheus sings of the promise 
tomorrow may bring.


(Bridge)
--
Jonathan A. Singer            | | 
"I'd rather that a bigot mistake me|
University of Western Ontario | |  
mistake me for a bigot."          |
Centre for Theory + Criticism | |   
               - Tovah Hollander |