Half A Week Before The Winter Cifras

Vanessa Carlton
Half A Week Before The Winter
Harmonium
2004
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@gmail.com
 
Key: E
 
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
 
Chords used:
C#m - x46654
F# -  244322
F#m - 244222
A -   x02220
E -   022100
 
 
[Verse 1]
C#m       F#              A
   Half a week before the winter
C#m          F#              A
   The chill bites before it comes
C#m          F#           A
   And I'm a child of the pleasure
C#m        F#               A
   That he brings before he runs
 
 
[Verse 2] Vanessa Plays Piano Very Fast
C#m          F#               A
   He sits behind a desk of mahogany
C#m            F#             A
   He whispers dreams into my ear
C#m                F#
   And though I've given him his
A     C#m     F#        A
empire   He delivers me my fear
 
 
[Chorus 1]
A        E                C#m
  The unicorns are riding high
A      E               C#m
  Powerful in coats of white
A           E
  I turn to look and burn my
C#m A        E
eyes I carry on I carry
 
 
[Verse 3] Vanessa Plays Piano Very Fast
C#m        F#              A
   All the weight of empty promise
C#m           F#               A
   As I stand swallowed by the light
C#m      F#             A
   Flickering above the highway
C#m          F#
   I hold my head and know the
 A
streets are mine tonight
 
 
[Chorus 2]
A        E                 C#m
  The vampires are growing tired
A              E                 C#m
  The coats of white all turn to red
A          E            C#m
  My heart burns with desire
A        E          E F#
 I carry on I carry on
 
 
[Vanessa Piano Solo]
A F#m C#m E F#m  x4
 
then
C#m F# A  x4
 
 
[Chorus 3]
A        E               C#m
  The unicorns are riding high
A      E               C#m
  Powerful in coats of white
A           E
  I turn to look and burn my
C#m A        E
eyes I carry on I carry
 
 
[Chorus 4]
A        E                 C#m
  The vampires are growing tired
A              E                 C#m
  The coats of white all turn to red
A          E            C#m
  My heart burns with desire
A        E          C#m F# A
 I carry on I carry on
       C#m  F# A
I carry   on
       C#m  F# A
I carry   on
        C#m  A F#m
We carry   on
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