Spirit chords by
Peter Murphy
Peter Murphy

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Key: F major
Verse 1
D
D

E
E

D
D

E
E

Tonight I could
D
D

E
E

D
D

E
E

be with you
D
D

Or waiting in the wings
E
E

Lift your heart with soaring song
F#m
F#m

D
D

Cut down the puppet strings
E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

Cut down the puppet strings
E
E

I wear a coat of drums
F#m
F#m

D
D

And dance upon your eyes
E
E

Turn the tables upside down
F#m
F#m

D
D

Change the lows to highs
E
E

D
D

E
E

F#m
F#m

D
D

Change the lows to highs
F#m
F#m

E
E

I fill you up with butterflies
Crown the heads of kings
F#m
F#m

E
E

Bm
Bm

Be glad of first night nerves
E
E

F#m
F#m

For fear gives courage wings
E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

Fear gives courage wings
G
G

F#m
F#m

If I am on the sidelines
A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

A
A

Chances are you'll miss
G
G

Wait alone and spotlit
F#m
F#m

A
A

G
G

For Doctor Theater's kiss
F#m
F#m

Bm
Bm

E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

Bm
Bm

E
E

The stage becomes a ship in flames
D
D

I tie you to the mast
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E

Throw your body overboard
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D

The spotlight doesn't last
E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

The spotlight doesn't last
E
E

I could be with you
D
D

Or waiting in the wings
E
E

Lift your heart with soaring song
F#m
F#m

D
D

Cut down the puppet strings
E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

Cut down the puppet strings
G
G

F#m
F#m

I may tap you on the shoulder
D
D

G
G

E
E

G
G

D
D

And whisper "go" in red
G
G

F#m
F#m

E
E

D
D

Strip your feet of lead my friend
G
G

F#m
F#m

E
E

Strip your feet of lead
D
D

E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

Bm
Bm

E
E

Abm
Abm

Call the curtain
F#m
F#m

E
E

F#m
F#m

Raise the roof
E
E

D
D

E
E

D
D

Spirits on tonight
G
G

F#m
F#m

A
A

Call the curtain
G
G

F#m
F#m

A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

D
D

Raise the roof
E
E

G
G

F#m
F#m

Spirits on tonight
A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

A
A

G
G

Call the curtain
F#m
F#m

D
D

Raise the roof
E
E

Em
Em

G
G

Spirits on tonight
F#m
F#m

Bm
Bm

A
A

G
G

F#m
F#m

G
G

F#m
F#m

D
D

E
E

We love our audience
Em
Em

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