The Haunted Phonograph

Fm
I curse the day I bought that 
phonograph for you, my dear
    Eb                C7       
For there are times I swear that 
        Fm
it's alive
C7                                
I chase at night the whispering 
       Db7
from the music room so clear
        Ab                 C7  
But I'm mocked with silent scorn 
         Fm
when I arrive

Fm
I try to play Caruso but the needle 
skips the groove
      Eb          C7              
While calypso and Ravel keep 
  Fm
coming back
C7                         
And there beside that damned 
               Db7
machine, you lie and never move
    Ab           C7               Fm
I'm cuckolded by metal and shallac

[Chorus]
   Db                          
It comes to me in dreams and it 
   Ab
declares, "I'm Joan of Arc
         Eb               C7      
"You can burn me but I've power 
   Fm
from above"
      Db                       
But I fear it's not a dream and 
           Ab
you'll be swallowed in its darkness
        Eb                 C7     
It will one day speak your words 
        Fm
for you, my love

[Verse 2]
Fm
I tried to throw it out but back 
again the trashmen came
          Eb               C7     
They were ashen white like they'd 
            Fm
seen Father Death
C7                                
And they told me that it cried 
       Db7
aloud and spoke to them by name
          Ab                  C7  
So they returned it, ran, and 
               Fm
prayed under their breath

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Fm
And every night I long to coax you 
from that phonograph
         Eb              C7    
But it's drained the appetites I 
       Fm
once fulfilled
C7                                
Its gaping mouth, obscene and 
        Db7
wide, turns every tune to laughter
        Ab           C7        
And its arm it waves commands to 
          Fm
have me killed

[Chorus]
   Db                          
It comes to me in dreams and it 
   Ab
declares, "I'm Joan of Arc
         Eb               C7      
"You can burn me but I've power 
   Fm
from above"
      Db                       
But I fear it's not a dream and 
           Ab
you'll be swallowed in its darkness
        Eb                 C7     
It will one day speak your words 
           Fm
for you, my love

[Interlude]
Fm
Eb C7 Fm
C7
Ab C7 Fm

[Verse 3]
Fm
And now that you've gone deaf to 
every word that I could say
    Eb               C7           
I'm reaching out the only way 
   Fm
you'll hear
C7                          Db7
I beg into a microphone for you to 
turn my way
            Ab               C7   
And with my voice on wax, my body 
    Fm
disappears

Fm
So play me on your phonograph and 
swear that I'll be yours
            Eb                 
Though your heart and voice can 
 C7           Fm
nevermore be won
C7                               
Just drag that needle on me as I 
Db7
spin my loving course

Ab
Dreaming only of your kiss
Ab
All the charms of yours I miss
A
As I pop and as I hiss
Bb
Spiraling into the abyss
B
Oh my god, it's come to this
           Fm
We've been undone

[Otro]
F
Put another record on
Dm
Play that music all night long
    G               C             
And by the break of dawn, we'll be
    F    Fm
 in love
F
Put another record on
Dm
Play that music all night long
    G               C             
And by the break of dawn, we'll be
    F    Fm
 in love