Misc Musicals – The Scarlet Pimpernel - Prayer (Guitar)

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[Intro] (First inversion = 6) Dm6 C6 Bb6 C6 x2 [Verse 1]
        Dm6 C6 Bb6
No, stay,

   C6                     Gm       F   Bbadd6/A Bb2add4/A
I don't care what you've said or done

           Dm6 C6 Bb6
Don't go away
Bb6/D Bb24/A Not now, when life had just begun
        Gm Gm/F C/E                    F/A     Bb
Come back…            and be the woman who I knew

             F/A      Bb
Help me to believe in you
Bb6/A Bb2add4/A What on earth am I to do? [Verse 2]
       Dm6 Dm6/C Dm6/Bb                           Gm     Gm/F C8 C7
She's gone…                   this vision who was not quite real

            Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb
I must move on…         despite the pain

      Gm/D      A/C#
The pain will heal

        Gm Gm/F Gm/E                     F/A        Bb
Oh, Lord…           how could you let me love like this?

            F/A     Bb
No one dies upon a kiss

                 Gm/E      A/C#
And only fools believe in bliss
[Bridge]
     Fm                       (Fm Fm/G Fm/Ab)
And yes, God knows I am a fool

        Abm               (Abm Abm/Bb Abm/Cb)
A man deluded by his wife

   Bm
A figure ripe for ridicule

   C
Who's lived a vain and useless life

  Em                                (Em Em/Gb Em/G)
So be it then, I'll play that game

   Gm                           (Gm Gm/A Gm/Bb)
I do not give a tinker's damn

          Bbm
I'll be a fool, it's all the same

   B                            F
It truly doesn't matter what I am
[Verse 3]
        Bm7 Bm7/A Bm7/G
God, no!

                        Em7 Em7/D          A/C#   A
I'm broken, but I'm still alive

          Bm Bm/A Bm/G                    Em7  Em7/D    Edim7/Db
And... slowly...          I will feel my soul           revive

       Em Em/D Edim7/Db                               D               G
With time…                       I'll find a way to- right this wrong

                D          G
If it takes my whole life long

                        Em7/Db    F#8 F#4
Lord, I'll fight my battles all alone

                    Bm
But make me strong