Sad Stephen's Song chords by Duncan Sheik
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Intro 1
(G major) (A minor)
Verse 1
And (A minor) there were mer (G major) maids,
weren't there
Sweet (A minor) silver mermaids (G major)
All through that gray
Trafalgar Square (A minor)
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Verse 2
Such silver mermaids
(A minor)
They were (G major) young, and they were fair
They brushed their (A minor) bronze and
Dusky hair
And whispered, (F major) "Come, (G major) (F major) Sad (B major) Stephen,
come, (C major) and play here" (A minor)
Verse 3
(A minor)
"You will love,
(G major) (E minor) (E major) you will be (A minor) loved (E major)
You will grow (E minor) up,
(E major) and do so (A minor) much (E major)
You will be (C major) strong,
you (E major) will be (C major) sung (A minor) (E major)
By all the mermaids, (C major)
(E major) silver (A minor) (C major) mer (A minor) maids"
Interlude 1
(A minor) (E major) (C sharp minor) (E major) (C sharp minor) (E major)
(G major)
Verse 4
And (G major) once they'd sung their satin song
They beckoned (A minor) to me from the fog (G major)
They spread their arms and lifted
Pale-portrait faces
faces (A minor)
Verse 5
I was taken
(A minor) To their coral-cav (G major) ern hall (E minor) s
halls (E major)
To rooms with (Asus2) oyster
shell (A minor) s for walls (E major)
To sandy nooks, (E minor)
and pearly (E major) books and ivory (A minor) dolls
(E major)
Verse 6
In ivory (C major) stall (G major) (E minor) s, (E major)
in ivory (A minor) (C major) stall (E major) (A minor) s
(E major)
Verse 7
And there (A minor) were mermaid (G major) s,
weren't (F major) there? (G major)
(A minor) Sweet silver mermaids (E minor)
(A minor) (G major) All through that wan,
forgotten square (A minor)
Verse 8
Silver mermaids
(A minor)
They were young, (G major) and they were fair
They brushed their bronze (A minor) and
Dusky hair
And whispered, (F major) "Come,
(G major) (F major) Sad (G major) (F major) Steph (B major) en, come" (E minor) (C major)
And I (A minor) was taken
Verse 9
(A minor)
Was I wrong? (F major) should I have (E flatdim) run?
I (B major) wanted (E major) all, (C major) I wanted (A minor) young
And portrait (F major) faces (G major) (F major)
I (G major) was (E flatdim) taken (B major)
(E flatdim)
Verse 10
Did (B major) I love? (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (E major) I didn't
care (A minor) (Asus2) (A minor) (E major)
Did I (E minor) grow up? (C major) (E major) Well,
unaware (A minor)
(Asus2) (A minor) (Asus2) (E major)
Verse 11
And was I (C major) strong? (E minor) (G major) (E major) And
was (A minor) I (C major) sung? (A minor) (E major)
How do I (C major) haunt Trafal (G major) gar (E major) fog
And find (A minor) I want (A minor) so much, (E major)
still (A minor) (C major) want
(E minor) (E major)
Verse 12
(A minor) And (E major) no more (C major) mermaids (E major)
No (C major) more mer (A minor) maids
Outro 1
(A minor) (E major)
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