{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1903178,"song":"Hymn For The Fallen","artist":"Lisa Gerrard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11426648-hymn-for-the-fallen-chords-by-lisa-gerrard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1903178?type=chord","rating":0.18681,"votes":0,"content":"[NOTES] I had to take a few liberties to make this work for the acoustic guitar. First, this is obviously\r\nin a different key from the key she sings it in. In addition, the artist's versions are very \r\nlanguid and mournful, which works with her piano accompaniment. But I think the guitar version should be \r\nplayed at a slightly less plodding tempo, like the slowest blues songs. Finally, the lyric \r\n\"My ear attends to you\" is correct and makes much more sense than the oft-cited \"My attends to you,\" \r\nwhich I believe can be ascribed to mis-hearings of her Australian accent.\r\n\r\n[STRUM PATTERN]: Slow downward, simple quarter note on each chord, follow by about a full beat of rest.\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy ear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAttends to you,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nas a mother hears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhile her children sleep.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[BRIDGE]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow look:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee how they're dreaming?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe black reciter reads[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhile the children dream.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't       go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo deep in slumber,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere you'll shy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKnow you'll wander in sleep.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't you fly          too far away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[BRIDGE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome men die [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwithout crying--[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSuffering so long         and alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nSoftly, children, dry your eyes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGently, children, be wise.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy ear attends to you,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nas a mother hears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nall her children's fears.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo don't cry;[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nall will wash away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen we pray.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSoon, soon, soon, soon, soon.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo if it's okay, I'll wait with you a while.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sun begins to shine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[BRIDGE 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, look: Your wings are broken,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut never a lie was spoken.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe murdered thing is love, you see--[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDrifting on a lake of memory.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow sleep. Close your eyes and have no fear;[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nA wide blue sky is very near.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy ear [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAttends to you,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs a mother hears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll her children's fears.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[RESOLUTION]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo don't cry;[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll will wash away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen we pray.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO] (Strum each x3 in waltz (3/4) time)\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\nG (Strum once slowly)","plain_text":"[NOTES] I had to take a few liberties to make this work for the acoustic guitar. First, this is obviously\nin a different key from the key she sings it in. In addition, the artist's versions are very \nlanguid and mournful, which works with her piano accompaniment. But I think the guitar version should be \nplayed at a slightly less plodding tempo, like the slowest blues songs. Finally, the lyric \n\"My ear attends to you\" is correct and makes much more sense than the oft-cited \"My attends to you,\" \nwhich I believe can be ascribed to mis-hearings of her Australian accent.\n\n[STRUM PATTERN]: Slow downward, simple quarter note on each chord, follow by about a full beat of rest.\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[BRIDGE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[BRIDGE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[BRIDGE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[RESOLUTION]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO] (Strum each x3 in waltz (3/4) time)\n\nG Em Am C\n\nG (Strum once slowly)","chords":["G","Am","Dm","D","Em","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}