Original Syn

G C G D   G C G D

         G
Oh, it's carnival night,
            C                          D
and they're stringing the lights around you,
                Em
hanging paper angels.
         C                     D
Painting little devils on the roof.

        G
Oh, the furnace wind,
     C                               D
is a flickering of wings about your face,
               Em
in a cloud of incense.
         C                          D
Yea, it smells like heaven in this place.

        C
I can't eat, can't sleep.
                 D                      Bm
Still I hunger for you when you look at me.
     C
That face, those eyes,
        D
all the sinful pleasures deep inside.

        G             D                 Em               Bm
Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in,
              C
underneath my skin.
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             D                  G   D
Oh, you were always my original sin.
            G                 D           Em         Bm
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin,
               C
this dangerous game.
              D                 Em
Oh, you were always my original sin.

C G D   G C G D

             G
A dream will fly,
    C                      D
the moment that you open up your eyes.
                  Em
A dream is just a riddle,
            C                   D
ghost from every corner of your life.

          G
Up in the balcony,
        C                       D
all the Romeo's are bleeding for your hand,
                  Em
blowing theater kisses,
         C                      D
reciting lines they don't understand.

        C
I can't eat, can't sleep.
               D                        Bm
Still I hunger for you when you look at me.
     C
That face, those eyes,
        D
all the sinful pleasures deep inside.

        G             D                  Em              Bm
Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in,
              C
underneath my skin.
             D                  G   D
Oh, you were always my original sin.
            G                  D           Em       Bm
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin,
               C
this dangerous game.
             D                   Em  D
Oh, you were always my original sin.

        G             D                  Em              Bm
Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in,
              C
underneath my skin.
             D                  G   D
Oh, you were always my original sin.
            G                  D           Em       Bm
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin,
               C
this dangerous game.
             D                   Em
Oh, you were always my original sin.

C G D   G C G D
C G D