Key: D major•
Verse 1
Em
D
Who has fallen into many sins
They made me bear myrrh to the burial
Cm
D
And at the graveside, I began to sing
Verse 2
I'm the lady of a moonless night
A
D
Gm
The darkness to me is my ecstasy
They dragged me away from the library
I was cast to the bride- show's
harsh light
A
Gm
Where I told the king I was better than him
Verse 3
Em
D
They call me Kassiani
Verse 4
The woman who rejected the king
D
Now the emperor, he tore down the icons
The images and words thought divine
I was scourged with the lash
for my impudence
My tears were a fountain of brine
A
D
But I conceded no defeat,
Verse 5
knows not a thing
As the woman who rejected
Interlude 1
the king
D
Csus2
D
Verse 6
when he visited
frightened or meek
Cm
I was sick of his ineffable condescension
and Greek
in Paradise at twilight
D
Gm
D
And they'll remember me, Kassiani
A
D
She who hates silence
G
D
when it's time to speak
Verse 7
of my sins
Byzantium has gone
Verse 8
that they've called me
Leave the glory to the stepmother,
and to the son
I'm the woman who rejected the king
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD Em Cm A Gm...
D
Em
Cm
A
Gm
Csus2
G
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