{"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":2405723,"song":"Sisters Of The Cross","artist":"Elton John","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2405723-sisters-of-the-cross-chords-by-elton-john/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2405723?type=chord","rating":0.07669,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nThe old gates are always locked[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBy the daughter of the keys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nSad eyes are fixed on the world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFrom the balcony[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nWhile the six o'clock procession[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D7/A[/ch]              [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nTake their prayer books to the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's sad to see them shed a tear[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nInside the convent walls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nRed mountains around them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nKeep out those who'd come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nBut only birds and wild deer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nShare the lives of nuns[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nFor ladies who in kindness[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7/A[/ch]              [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nBurn the knowledge they have found[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir knowledge lies inside a hole[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBuried in the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                    [ch]D9[/ch]\r\nFor the Sisters of the Cross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                    [ch]D9[/ch]\r\nSeek the shadows that they have lost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the walls where their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre protected by God[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D9[/ch]\r\nBut the feeling of love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                   [ch]D9[/ch]\r\nIs somehwere in your bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour body is wasted[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nWhen it should have been owned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nThe Mother of the mission bells[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHas lived here all her life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nShe never felt the hands of man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTouch her in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nAnd the canopies that cover her[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7/A[/ch]        [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nSo cold and so afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThinking holy mothers die[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike spinsters in the grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nTo be single in the chapel[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nPraying knelt down on your knees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am9[/ch]\r\nWhere the corridors are echoing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTheir proud solemnity[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D/B[/ch]\r\nAnd the candle light against the glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7/A[/ch]          [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nPlays shadow chasing tricks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs the young girls fall, their eyes in tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBeside the crucifix[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm7 Bm7 C Am9\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am7","Bm7","C","Am9","D7","D/B","D7/A","Esus4","Am","D","D9","G","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}