Sad Stephens Song Cifras

SAD STEPHEN'S SONG
As recorded by Duncan Sheik
(From the 2001 Album PHANTOM MOON)
 
 
 
[Intro]
C   Dm
 
 
[Chorus]
                  C
And there were mermaids--weren't there?--
Dm
Sweet silver mermaids
C                                     Dm
All through that grey Trafalger Square
Dm
Such silver mermaids
               C
They were young, and they were fair
                   Dm
They brushed their bronze and dusky hair
               Bb         E
And whispered, "Come, Sad Stephen
Am             Dm
Come, and play here."
 
 
[Verse 1]
          C    Am         Dm      Dm/A
"You will love, you will be loved
         C       Am       Dm     Dm/A
You will grow up, and do so much
            Fmaj7            Dm      Dm/A
You will be strong, you will be sung
           Fmaj7     Dm              Dm/A
By all the mermaids. Silver mermaids..."
 
 
[Interlude]
Dm/A   F#m
 
 
[Verse 2]
C
And once they'd sung their satin song
     Dm
They beckoned to me from the fog--
C
They spread their arms and lifted
                   Dm
Pale-portrait faces...I was taken
         C            Am
To their coral cavern halls
              Dm                     Dm/A
To rooms with oyster shells for walls
         C                Am           Dm       Dm/A
To sandy nooks, to pearly books,and ivory dolls...
      F             Dm           Dm/A
In ivory stalls, in ivory stalls...
 
 
[Chorus]
               C
And there were mermaids--weren't there?--
Dm
Sweet silver mermaids
C                                      Dm
All through that wan, forgotten square
Dm
Silver mermaids
               C
They were young, and they were fair
                   Dm
They brushed their broze and dusky hair
        Bb                E        Am
And whispered, "Come, Sad Stephen, come."
       Dm
And I was taken
      Bb                   E
Was I wrong? Should I have run?
            F          Dm
I wanted all, I wanted young
    Bb                  E
And portrait faces...I was taken
 
 
[Verse 3]
      Am    A        Dm    Dm/A
Did I love? I didn't care
                        Dm    Dm/A
Did I grow up? Well, unaware
          Fmaj7  A        Dm      Dm/A
And was I strong? And was I sung?
         Fmaj7       A
How do I haunt Trafalgar fog
    Dm          A        Fmaj7      A
And find I want so much, still want--
       Dm            Dm/A
And no more mermaids
   Fmaj7         A
No more mermaids
   Fmaj7         Dm/A
No more mermaids...
 
 
[Outro]
Dm/A
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