In The Black Dismal Dungeon Of Despair, Z190 chords by Henry Purcell
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Verse 1
(A major) (A minor) In the black,
(E major) dismal (A minor) dungeon of des (E major) pair,
(D major) Palmed with tor (E major) menting (A minor) care,
(A major) Wrecked with my (D major) fears,
Drowned in (G major) my tears,
With (C major) dreadful expectation
of (F major) my doom,
I'm cer (D minor) tain I'm (E major) judg
(F major) ment soon (Esus4) (E major) to (A minor) come.
(E major) Lord, here I lie, lost to hope (F major) of liber (E major) ty,
hence (E minor) nev er to remove,
(C major) but by a (B major) miracle of (E major) love,
(E minor) which I scarce (F major) never (D minor) hoped
for or ex (G major) pect,
Being guilty of so (C major) long,
so great (F major) neg (C major) lect. (G major)
(C major) (A major) Fool that I was, were thee a (D major) sharp rod
(A major) To snide (F major) thy (A major) courting,
(D minor) O (G minor) my (Asus4) (A major) God! (D minor)
(D major) For thou didst fool, (B major) entreat,
and (E minor) grieve, (E major)
(A minor) Distbeg me to be (D major) happy and to (G major) live,
But I would not, I chose to dwell with death,
(C major) Far, (D minor) (C major) far from (F major) thee, far, (D minor)
far from (E major) thee,
(A minor) Too near (Esus4) (E major) to (A minor) hell. (E major)
But is there no redemption,
no re (A minor) lief, (A major) Jesus?
(D minor) Is there no (G major) redemption, no (C major) relief
(A minor) Thou say'st (B major) to Magdalene,
a thief,
Is there no redemption, no (E minor) relief?
(A minor) O (E major) Jesus, thy mercy, Lord,
once (A minor) more advance,
O (G major) give me,
O (C major) give me such a (F major) glance,
(B flat major) O give (F major) me such a (G major) glance (C major) as (G major) Peter had.
(C major) Thy (D minor) sweet, (D major) (G major) chid (E major) ing (C major) look
will (E major) change my heart
(A minor) as it did (B major) melt that rock (E major) .
Look on me, (E minor) sweet Jesus, (A major)
as (D minor) Thou did (A major) st (E minor) on (D minor) Him.
Tis (D major) more (B major) than to cre (E major) ate,
(A major) plus (D minor) the arm (E major) s to (A minor) re (E major) deem. (E major)
(A major) (A minor)
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