Key: D major
Verse 1
silver shimering sleek
A star, a star is born
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D
Down came the angels from
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G
heaven up above, oh.
D
Bm
D
G
Drunk on the passion and the
frangrance of song,
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F#
upon the wind,
G
A
To my door they did descend
"Forgive the intrusion,
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D
but we've traversed so far."
who seek a star.
A
D
(We) came down from heaven from the
Em
D
Where the counsel of the most
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(To) speak in their place,
on the horizon.
"Can you give us what we seek,
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D
give me shelter for my friends and I?"
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D
G
D
"What I have I give unto you,
all I have is this humble abode.
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D
And you're welcome to rest here
G
F#
(if) I may be so bold,
"Fair enough my friend,
(we) would hate to keep you unaware."
"Then do come in and let me entertain you,
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D
Well don't hesitate out with it now,
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F#
I'm in earnest pray tell.
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D
G
What was it that was spoken,
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G
that my soul will sit well?
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D
My son it's a bit complicated you see,
Em
G
D
to say what was said is nothing easy.
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D
Ebm
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C#
They seek a seer to ride the sea, to crash the tide,
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D
They want a watchman upon the wall
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(to) sound the alarm."
What sort of someone does the
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counsel now seek?
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D
"My son they didn't say,
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they gave us the message and sent us on our way.
and the star did set
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G
D
F#
Above this meager barn
that you inhabit
And you're not what we expected
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G
all covered in sh**.
We're just the messengers,
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and we know far better than to try and interpret.
D
Only we deliver this message for the council of God,
that in exchange for all these things.
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(to) fly above (and) see beyond,
Imortalise his words and give him power
over the curse to call or calm the storms.
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But my son, if you want God to bring
about these strange and wildest things,
He requires a cost that you must count as loss,
if you want those angel wings.
In exchange for all these things he requires
something that's already quite His."
"What, what does he ask?"
"In exchange for the wings He requires,
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