Candles For The Dead Cifras

* The A's with a star should have a hammer on with the third finger after playing it
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
E                                   A*
They're lighting candles for the dead
A                     E
A choir is singing loud
E                               A
I'll light a candle for the flame
A                    B
As soon as it goes out
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
E                       A*
Today I met the raconteur
A
And read his doctrine
E                         A
He seems to make it very clear
A                       B
The trouble that we're in
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
E                             A*
I keep your painting on my wall
A                      B
And watch it gather dust
E                           A
The universe won't rest until
A                  B
We are salt and rust
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
E                                A*
And now they speak of family lines
A
A hile dressed in black she dances
E                       A
If you go back far enough
A                        B
Our limbs were roots and branches
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
E                          A*
So let us try to lose ourselves
A
For an hour or two
E
In this Spring of discontent
E                       B
Where once the arrows flew
 
 
[Verse 6]
 
E                             A*
She'll hold me in her drunken arms
A                   E
And then we'll rot away
E                           A*
This will be our victory chant
A            B
And our last parade
 
 
[Verse 7]
 
E                         A*
Oh, Arthur how do I proceed?
A
And what about these ghosts?
E                           A
How can I tell the things I need
A                 B
From the things I chose?
 
 
[Verse 8]
 
E                               A*
The one who wrote her words in sand
A                  E
And worshipped entropy
E                        A
She was the only one I met
A              E
Who was really free
 
 
[Verse 9]
 
E                                A*
There's new growth in the garden now
A                       E
Shrubs have no time for fear
E                      A
Just a little sun and rain
A                B
And then another year
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
E                         A*
Once I dreamt she was a swan
A             E
And I, a violin
E                         A
First she tried to sing a song
A                     E
And then I tried to swim
 
 
E                                A*
They're lighting candles for the dead
A                     E
And your grave is overgrown
E                       A
I lit a candle for your painting
A                     E
And then I staggered home
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