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PRINCE OF DARKNESS (Emily Saliers)
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[Intro]
D D/G D/F# D/E D D/G D/F# D/E
D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark
D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark
[Instrumental]
D D/G D/F# D/E D D/G D/F# D/E
D D C C
I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense
Bm Bm Gm Gm
The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence
D D C C
My dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve
G/B G/B Asus A7
I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar
D D/C# Bm7add11 Bm7add11
And he gave it a ten dollar raise
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
And when I needed my mother and I called her
D D/C# Em Em A7sus A7
She stayed with me for days
G G Gm Gm
Now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain
D D/C# Bm Bm
Someone's on the bathroom floor, doing her cocaine
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
Someone's got his finger on the button in some room
D D/C# F#7 N.C.
No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom
E7/G# E7/G# Gmaj7 Gmaj7
But I tried to make this place my place; I asked for providence to
Cadd9 Cadd9 G N.C.
smile upon me with its sweet face; Yeah, but I'll tell you:
D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark
D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark
D D C C
Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age
Bm Bm Gm Gm
My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage
D D C C
My greatest hope, my greatest cause to grieve
G/B G/B Asus A7
And my heart flew from its cage, and it bled upon my sleeve
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
The cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing
D D/C# Bm7add11 Bm7add11
I couldn't hear them for the thunder
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling
D D/C# Em Em A7sus A7
And it almost pulled me under
G G Gm Gm
Now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain
D D/C# Bm Bm
Someone's on the bathroom floor, doing her cocaine
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
Someone's got his finger on the button in some room
D D/C# F#7 N.C.
No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom
E7/G# E7/G# Gmaj7 Gmaj7
But I tried to make this place my place; I asked for providence to
Cadd9 Cadd9 G N.C.
smile upon me with its sweet face; Yeah, but I'll tell you:
D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
Cadd9 Cadd9 G G
And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
Cadd9 Cadd9 G N.C.
And I, I do not feel the romance; I will not be a pawn
Gm
For the prince of darkness any longer
[Instrumental]
D D/G D/F# D/E D D/G D/F# D/E D D/G D/F# D/E