The Bridge chords by Scott Walker

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Am
G
Dm
Em
Bb
E
Esus4
F
C
A
D
G#dim
C#m

Verse 1
Am 
I've watched her from
G 
the river banks
Dm 
Em 
I knew her when she danced
with dreams
Bb 
Am 
White doves were there to dress her hair
Bb 
E 
And so  was Madelaine

Verse 2

At night the people's faces danced

Like pearls colliding on the breast

Of fat Marie whose thunder laugh

Esus4

Was just a thread from crying

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Verse 3

Her sailors stained her cobblestones

With wine and piss and death desire

And sometimes blood for Madelaine

Whose laughter was the night

Verse 4
A 
Her girls would lift their
G 
dresses high
D 
Em 
And breathe the stars
C 
D 
C 
and kiss the sky
A 
G 
She'd smother them with whispers then
F 
Esus4 
E 
Embrace them with her sigh     s

Verse 5
Am 
Dm 
G 
Before the bottle dulled my eyes
Dm 
Em 
And made me so I   couldn't stand
Bb 
I'd overact and play
Am 
the clown
Bb 
G#dim 
E 
Am 
When Madelaine would cry

Verse 6
F 
C 
And now I watch from riverbanks
F 
Em 
I watch it weave it's memories
F 
White doves turned gray
Em 
and flew away
E 
C#m 
A 
Am 
And  so did Madelaine
E 