This Was Pompeii (Acoustic)

This Was Pompeii (Acoustic) easy guitar chords by Dar Williams

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • Am

  • Dsus4

  • Verse 1

    I am thinking 
    about the woman 

    in a century 
    of 
    peace 

    On a bright 
    mosaic 
    she 
    is washing on 

    her knees 

    And she looks 
    up at the black 
    sky 

    beyond the 
    moun
    tain tall 

    She says, 
    "Oh good, 

    the rain 
    is 
    finally 
    going 
    to 
    fall 
    today." 

    This 
    was 
    Pompeii. 

    Verse 2
    And 
    every
    one 
    has memories 

    of the 
    night that melted 
    stone 

    The neighbor's 
    nightgown, 

    the screaming 
    on the phone 

    And the 
    tired man 
    at the station 

    says, "We can't 
    tell who's 
    alive 

    All we 
    ever know 
    is that 
    the 

    tourists 
    survive." 

    "Tra la, 
    tra 
    la," 
    they 
    say, 

    they say 

    "Let's Go 
    Pompeii." 

    Verse 3
    think about 
    Pompeii 

    when I feel 
    an end is 
    near, 

    Just 
    be
    fore the rain 
    and every 

    time you 
    disappear. 

    And 
    I think about 
    teacup, 

    sus
    pended 
    and half- served. 

    And all 
    the 
    schol
    ars know 
    is that 
    it's 

    perfectly 
    preserved. 

    That's 
    all 
    they 
    say. 

    This 
    was 
    Pompeii. 

    Verse 4
    And as for 
    my own kingdom, 

    not 
    a table leg 
    was charred 

    I simple 
    lost my kingdom 
    'cause I 

    held it much too 
    hard 

    Once 
    had a sadness, 

    the sadness 
    turned to trust 

    The 
    trust turned 
    into ashes 

    and 
    to 
    lawyers 
    and 
    dust 

    century, 
    a day 

    This was 
    Pompeii. 
    Outro 1



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