{"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":2874833,"song":"Hymn For Sylvia","artist":"Bread, Love and Dreams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11648382-hymn-for-sylvia-chords-by-bread-love-and-dreams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2874833?type=chord","rating":0.12932,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe man was trying to talk to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nabout things I did not know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe asked me to spend the night with him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nso I said that I'd have to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the words spilled out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nfrom the edge of his lips[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand fell down the side of his chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nas my mind moved away for a short holiday[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith a girl I had seen coming in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn her hair, you could smell the diesel fumes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nof a midnight motorway[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn her eyes, she keeps the summer times[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere happier memories play[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes, you know how sometimes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nwhen you're making up rhymes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand you can't find a word that will fit?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, she was the one who got stuck on your tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand gave you the option to quit[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe split the night time with her smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand broke up the sky with her dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand she doesn't believe all the men she has known[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwere all real, for that's how it seems[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nIn her leather shines the darkness[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof the metropolitan night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she'll cut out your tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwith each blade that she pulls[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthough your conscience may put up a fight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I watched her fumble with cigarettes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand a trembling coffee cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYet, I'd be there myself if I knew where she was,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut she sighed and her mind drifted off[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes, you know how sometimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nwhen you're watching for signs[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand you can't find a look that will fit?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, she was the one who put out the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand gave me a reason to quit[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPanes of glass have shattered now[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand the wind comes racing in[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nto disconnect the spiders' webs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthat spread their wings round the brim[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nof the pots and the bottles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nthat soak in the dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith a jungle of clothes that she keeps[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn case, maybe some day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nshe feels that she may[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbecome queen of the night as she sleeps[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA trail of broken effigies[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nlay scattered 'round her bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe apples, the records, the cigarette ash[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhave melted into her head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nAnd she takes off her clothes to a Portuguese hymn[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat she found in a jar on the beach[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe has woven it seems a basket of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfor the fruit that is just out of reach[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt last, she has tasted the opium sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand wonders just how it will feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwhen the fingers of fear touch her innermost soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the breath of life becomes real[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, you know how sometimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nyou're alone in your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand you've just found a piece that will fit?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, she was the one[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwhen all's said and done[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwho gave me the freedom to quit[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe man was still trying to talk to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nabout things I did not know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe asked me to enter a contract with him[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nso I said that I'd have to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the words spilled out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#7[/ch]\r\nfrom the edge of his mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand fell down the side of his face[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut my mind was away[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\non a short holiday[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith a girl I'd seen leaving the place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD    Em    F#m  Em  D\n\n[Verse 1]\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[Interlude]\nD    Em    F#m  Em  D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD    Em    F#m  Em  D\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD    Em    F#m  Em  D\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD    Em    F#m  Em  D","chords":["D","Em","F#m","A","F#7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}