Dirge chords by John Addison

SimplifiedEm · B · F#dim · G · C#dim …

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Em
B
F#dim
G
C#dim
Dm
C
Bdim
E
Am
D#dim
G#m
F
Bb
Adim
D
G#
F#m
Bm
Fdim

Verse 1
Em 
B 
Em 
B 
Em 
Ring -a
B 
-way telephone ring
Em 
F#dim 
G 
C#dim 
Dm 
You have     no power
G 
C 
now to make me start
Bdim 
E 
Am 
D#dim 
Sing away, false    machine, sing
B 
Em 
Am 
There's no exchange,
G#m 
G 
Em 
gets through to her heart
F#dim 
F 
Milkman, don't call, please stay away
Bb 
And evening news,
Bdim 
E 
Adim 
B 
stop all deliveries today
Em 
I've got the blues
B 
Em 
B 
Em 
Am 
B 
Play away, gramophone, play
Em 
Dm 
The disc is cracked,
G 
C 
Bdim 
the needle needs a change
E 
Am 
D 
B 
Eyes   of blue always go gray
Em 
Lips you loved,
Am 
B 
G# 
G 
Em 
you suddenly find straight
F#m 
F#dim 
F 
Draw  down the blind    s
Bb 
until they touch the windowsills
B 
Bdim 
E 
Turn out the lights,
Adim 
B 
fumble and clutch the sleeping
Em 
C 
Em 
B 
Em 
pills.
G 
Blue smoke of cigarettes,
C#dim 
C 
Dm 
E 
Am 
black smoke of regrets.
Em 
Am 
Em 
C 
I'll weep, I'll weep,
B 
C 
Am 
D 
G 
even when I'm
B 
F#dim 
B 
asleep.
Em 
C 
B 
Beat away stubborn heartbeat,
Em 
C#dim 
Dm 
although you pump away
G 
C 
Bdim 
until you crack,
E 
Am 
D#dim 
B 
you just can't wash     out deceit,
Bdim 
Em 
Am 
and all your blood
B 
G 
Em 
won't bring her back.
F#m 
F#dim 
You know you're in
F 
a crashing car,
Bb 
fall where you're hurt,
Bm 
E 
Adim 
you cannot catch a falling star
B 
Em 
E 
Bdim 
Em 
or stop the world.
C 
Em 
B 
B 
Play away, gramophone, play
F 
Em 
B 
Beat away, stubborn heartbeat
Em 
F 
Fdim 
Em 
Em 
Oh, ring,
Em 
C#dim 
Em 
phone, ring you