The Traitor
The Traitor

The Traitor easy guitar chords by Martha Wainwright

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • B

    2

  • Em

  • A

  • Gm

    3

  • D

  • G

  • C

  • B

    2

  • Em

  • A

  • Gm

    3
    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Now 
    the swan 

    it floated 
    on 
    the 
    English 
    river

    Ah, 
    the 
    rose 
    of high 
    ro
    mance, 

    it 
    opene
    d 
    wide 

    A 
    sun 
    tanned 
    woman 
    yearned 
    me 

    through 
    the 
    summer 

    And the 
    judges 
    watched 

    us 
    from 
    the 
    other 
    side 

    Verse 2

    I 
    told 
    my 
    mother, 
    "Mother, 

    I 
    must 
    leave 
    you 

    Preserve 
    my 
    room 
    but 
    do 
    not 
    shed 
    a 
    tear 

    Should 
    rumor 
    of 
    a shabby 

    ending 
    reach 
    you 

    It 
    was 
    half 
    my 
    fault 
    and half 

    the 
    atmo
    sphere" 

    Verse 3
    But 
    the rose 
    I 
    sickene

    d with 
    a scarlet 
    fever 

    And 
    the swan 
    I 
    tempted 
    with 

    a sense 
    of 
    shame 

    She said 
    at 
    last 
    I 
    was 
    her 
    finest 
    lover 

    And 
    if she 
    withered 
    I 
    would 
    be 
    to blame 

    Verse 4

    The 
    judges 
    said, 

    "You missed 
    it 
    by 
    a 
    frac
    tion 

    Rise 
    up 
    and 
    brace 
    your 

    troops 
    for 
    the 
    attack" 

    Ah, 
    the dreamers 
    ride 
    against 

    the 
    men 
    of 
    action 

    Oh, 
    see 
    the 
    men 
    of 
    action 
    falling 
    back 

    Verse 5
    But I 
    lingered 
    on 
    her 
    thigh
    s, a 
    fatal 
    mo
    ment 

    I 
    kissed 
    her 
    lips 
    as 
    though 
    I 
    thirsted 
    still 

    My 
    falsity 
    had 
    stung 
    me 

    like 
    a hornet 

    The poison 
    sank 
    and 
    it 

    paralyzed 
    my 
    will 

    Verse 6
    I could 
    not 
    move 
    to 
    warn 
    all 

    the 
    younger 
    soldiers 

    That 
    they 
    had 
    been 
    deser
    ted 
    from 
    above 

    So 
    on 
    battlefields 
    from 

    here 
    to 
    Barcelona 

    I'm 
    listed 
    with 
    the enemies 

    Interlude 1
    of love 


    Verse 7
    And long 
    ago 
    she 
    said, 

    "I 
    must 
    be 
    leaving 

    Ah, 
    but 
    keep 
    my 
    body 
    here 
    to 
    lie 
    upon 

    You 
    can 
    move 
    it up 
    an
    d down 

    and 
    when 
    I'm 
    sleeping 

    Run 
    some 
    wire 
    through 
    that 

    rose 
    and wind 
    the swan" 

    Verse 8
    So 
    daily 
    I 
    re
    new 
    my 
    idle 
    duty 

    I touch 
    her 
    here 
    and 
    there, 
    I 
    know 
    my 
    place 

    I 
    kiss 
    her 
    open 
    mouth 
    an

    d I 
    praise 
    her 
    beau
    ty 

    And 
    people 
    call 
    me 
    traitor 
    to 
    my 
    face 

    Outro 1




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