Death in June – Rocking Horse Night (Guitar)

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D6sus4: xx0787 Dm7: xx0565 [Intro] D6sus4 Dm7 D A Cmaj7 [Verse 1]
D6sus4  Dm7  D
Hold me as I slip away

A         Cmaj7
Into this coldness

D6sus4  Dm7  D
Hold me as I slip away

A          Cmaj7
Into these colours

Em           A   G
Hold me as I pay respect

Em
To broken spires

A           Cmaj7
Of dreadful night
[Verse 2]
D6sus4   Dm7      D
My flesh has been torn

A                Cmaj7
My eyes have seen clouds

D6sus4        Dm7     D
My nails have gripped the clay

A          Cmaj7
Of crawling black flowers

Em        A    G
Recalling dead sorrow

Em        A     Cmaj7
Recalling black love
[Bridge]
D
You and I

Am
In pleasure parted

Em
You and I

A
In sadness racked

D
You and I

Am
In flowers falling

Em
You and I

A
Invoke culling

D
You and I

Am
In soulless searching

Em
You and I

A
In heartfelt hurting

D
You and I

Am
At our first bleeding

Cmaj7
You and I, You and I . .
[Verse 3]
D6sus4      Dm7    D
This little childs death

A            Cmaj7
This bundle of cloth

D6sus4      Dm7  D
With prayer book precision

A              Cmaj7
On rocking horse night

Em      A   G
Casting the runes

Em    A       Cmaj7
Odal, hail and thorn
[Outro]
D6sus4  Dm7  D
Hold me as I slip away

A         Cmaj7
Into this coldness

D6sus4  Dm7  D
Hold me as I slip away

A          Cmaj7
Into these colours

Em           A   G
Hold me as I pay respect

Em
To dreadful spires

A        Cmaj7
Of tired life