Neko Case – Halls Of Sarah (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

[Intro] Am C (X4)
            Am         C      Am C
A childless widow of a nation

             Am               C    Am C
You cry like guns across the water

         Am                 C
Yet we expect you to bring springtime

F
   It isn't fair

                               C
   Searchlights wither in your hair

          Am     C  F    C
You are a silent movie, Sarah
C (x3)
                Am          C        Am C
Men build their industries around you

          Am         C       Am C
Diverting rivers of your hair

                Am          C
They're looking farther on reflection

F                Am               Am C
  You're left to die of exposure, Sarah

Am
Sarah with the beating heart
Sarah with the mouth of stone Sarah with the
          Am     C F    C
You are a silent movie, Sarah
Am C (x4) F C Am C (x6) F C Am C (x3)
        Am               C     Am C
Let her go, the light is fading

           Am              C     Am C
I cry like guns across the water

           Am             C
She didn't ask to be your remake

F
   or your muse

                          C
 The parasites inside her blues

Am
Sarah with the beaten heart
Sarah with the mouth of stone I call but there is no one home
Am
Sarah with the beating heart

Am
Sarah with the mouth of stone

Am
I call but there is only echo

Am       F              Am G
From a recording machine

Am               F                    Am G
Screaming "haunt your own vampire dream"

            Am     F
You see our poets, poets

      Am     G
Do an odious business

       Am        F
Loving womankind (womankind)

   Am         G
As lions love Christians

   Am      F      Am  G
So who are you to deny

Am      F        Am  G
Who are you to deny   them

Am F Am G
Sarah?

Am F Am G
(Sarah)

Am F Am G
(Sarah)

Am F Am G
(Sarah)

Am F Am G
(Sarah)
Am C (fade)