Requiem: 820 Latham chords by Mel Tormé

SimplifiedC#m · A · D · G · E …

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C#m
A
D
G
E
F#m
B
C
F#sus4
G#
D#
G#m
F#
Bm
Dsus4

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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When I came to
you there on that cold
E 
A 
Telephone pole, horror of the night
D 
When you came out to meet me
In that filmy thing,
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A 
C#m 
F#m 
and sat down  on the porch swing

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Verse 2

And I knew the moon would melt

Before I held you to my breast,

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like that again, yeah

Why could I not die then?

Warm behind the curtains

of your hair

Verse 3
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When we stopped the clock
E 
on that cold rock
A 
Mixed our hot young blood
with granite dust
D 
And I raised my head to kiss the sweat
C#m 
That hung like honey from your  goddess
D 
A 
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F#m 
brow

Verse 4
G 
And I knew the mountain side would be
Ten million years of dust,
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A 
C#m 
and rust before I took you up there again, yeah
A 
D 
G 
Why could I  not die then
C 
G 
Warm behind the curtains
B 
F#sus4 
B 
E 
of your hair

Verse 5

Instead, I was found dead, and well

Carrying on my life with much

Verse 6
gusto and death breath
G# 
D# 
Buried without casket,
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G# 
F# 
and no one writes my epitaph
D 
'Cause they know that
I'm still breathing
Bm 
A 
Bm 
And they think that means
C#m 
I'm still alive

Verse 7
I'm still alive
A 
G 
And I knew the mountain inside would
be ten million years of dust and rust
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A 
C#m 
Before I took you up there again, yeah
A 
G 
D 
Why could I not die
Dsus4 
C 
then
G 
C 
G 
Warm behind
B 
the curtains of your hair?
F# 
F#sus4 
Why could I not die       then
G# 
Since it doesn't really matter where?