Regina Spektor – The Sword And The Pen (Guitar)

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Fadd#11* 13341x (no3) [Verse 1]
Cm        Cm/G Fm/Ab
   Don't let   me out of this kiss

Ddim7              Cm/Eb
      Don't let me say what I say

Cm      Cm7/Bb     Fm6/Ab
   The things that scare us today

Bbadd9               Eb
       what if they happen someday

Ab          Ab/G Fm7
   Don't let me  out of your arms

    G7
For now
[Verse 2]
Cm         Cm/G Fm/Ab             Ddim7
   What if the  sword kills the pen

            Cm7/Eb          C7/E
What if the God kills the man

          Fm6
And if he does it with love

Bbadd9                  Eb
       Well, then it's death from above

Ab   Ab/G Fm7                         G7
     And  death from above is still a death
[Chorus]
Fm/Ab             Fm   G   Cm
I don't wanna live without you

Fm/Ab             Fm   G   Cm
I don't wanna live without you

Fm/Ab                       Fm             G   Cm
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live without you

Fm/Ab                             Fm
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live

    G   Cm
Without you
[Instrumental] (alternating bars of 4/4 and 2/4) (Cm) |Cm7/Bb |Fm6/Ab |Fadd#11*| |Cm |Cm7/Bb |Fm6/Ab |Fadd#11*| [Verse 3]
Cm       Cm/G Fm/Ab             Ddim7
   For those who still can recall

              Cm/Eb
The desperate colors of fall

Cm     Cm7/Bb  Fm6/Ab
   The sweet caresses of May

Bbadd9         Eb
       Only in poems remain

Ab         Ab/G Fm7
   No one re - cites them these days

        G7
For the shame
[Verse 4]
Cm        Cm/G Fm/Ab        Ddim7
   So what if nothing is safe

             Cm7/Eb    C7/E
So what if no one is saved

   Fm6
No matter how sweet

Bbadd9    Eb
       No matter how brave

Ab       Ab/G Fm7              G7
   What if  each to his own lonely grave
[Chorus]
Fm/Ab             Fm   G   Cm
I don't wanna live without you

Fm/Ab             Fm   G   Cm
I don't wanna live without you

Fm/Ab                       Fm             G   Cm
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live without you

Fm/Ab                             Fm       G   Cm
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live without you

Fm/Ab                       Fm             G   Cm
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live without you

Fm/Ab                             Fm
I don't wanna live, I don't wanna live

    G   Cm
Without you
[Outro] (alternating bars of 4/4 and 2/4) (Cm) |Cm7/Bb |Fm6/Ab |Fadd#11*|
|Cm          |Cm7/Bb |Fm6/Ab      |Fadd#11*|
(4/4)
|Cm |Cm |Cm |Cm