Broken Wings - Selma Cifras

'Selma' from the concept album Broken Wings.
 
 
[Intro]
                 Gm
You say it's not real life
                    Eb
But I've never felt more alive
         Bb                        F
Aware of ev'ry second, of each and ev'ry breath
          Gm
And of my heartbeat
             Eb
How can I describe her?
Bb                        F
Selma, in that silk white dress
 
 
[Verse]
               Gm                             Eb/G
She's a ray of moonlight, shining through the window
            Bb/F   F
moving with grace, Selma
                Gm                      Eb/G
Her voice rings sweetly, words floating from her lips
              Bb/F                            F         Gm Bb6 D/A F#
like dewdrops in the wind, nourishing all who hear her
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Eb                            Gm
Then her face! It's magical expression
                                         F
Combining a suff'ring with joy sent from heaven
         Eb                     Gm                    F   Bb/D      Eb
For this dream I've waited, she can't be recreated by any sculptor alive
 
 
[Chorus]
                         Gm        F
She's the light that was missing
                     Bb            Eb
The thing that I was searching for
                             Gm
No longer a stranger in this land
F             Bb/D         Eb
Just one more touch of her hand
                     Dm/F F   Dm  Gm
I yearn for her, for Sel- ma, for more
 
 
[Verse]
 
               Gm                            Eb
And then those beautiful eyes, embedded like jewels
               Bb                          F
The light that shines from them, the power of her smile
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
       Gm                                Eb
She is thoughtful, her silence a kind of music
                    Bb
It carries you with ease
              F
To a world of dreams
 
 
[Chorus]
                         Eb        F
She's the light that was missing
                     Bb/D          Eb
The thing that I was searching for
                             Gm
No longer a stranger in this land
              Bb/D         Eb
Just one more touch of her hand
                     F      Dm  Gm
I yearn for her, for Selma, for more
 
 
[Bridge]
            Gm       Cm/F Gm        Cm/F    Gm     Cm/F    Gm
She wears a cloak of sor- row, like blossom in the mist of dawn
         Gm           Cm/F  Gm          Cm/F      Gm        F        Eb
But that sorrow, that inner sadness, it links her soul, her soul and mine
                Gm         F7  Bb   Cm       Gm        F          Eb
We see what our hearts are feeling, hear the echoes of voices within
        Gm            F         Bb      Cm     Gm    F     Eb
They describe how our minds are reeling as our story now begins
 
 
[Instrumental] / [Chorus]
 
Eb  Gm/D  | A/C#   Asus4         Aaug7         Bb      C
                      |She's the life that was missing
                     F/A          Bb                             Dm
The thing that I was searching for, no longer a stranger in this land
C             F/A          Bb
Just one more touch of her hand
                     C      A7  Dm
I yearn for her, for Selma, for more!
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