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Cradlesong

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Capo II
AI thud on a drum 
Ebarely a span long 
Bmthe rough barrel-bAeat 
Dwas my cradlesong 
AYou ask why I keep Estill 
why I dBmon't pour it out into the nDight 
AYou know 
EYou know if it rises aBmnd floats 
AIt effaces eEvery piAece of lDight 
AForeign what my lips say 
EForeign my hair, my dBmress D  
AForeign what your eyes Eask 
Bmabout this strangeneDss 
AYou ask why I keep Estill 
Bmwhy I don't pour it out into the nDight 
AYou know 
EYou know if it rises and flBmoat 
AIt effaces Eevery piecAe of ligDht 
AWhen scream masses on Ewound 
BmI want to meet Dyou 
AWhen the great teEstimony 
Bmfrom your branches trickles dDown 
AHere my soul Egrows 
Bm'til it smashes 
aBmbove the sceAne, the balconyD  

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Cradlesong

by Soap&Skin

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo II

I thud on a drum

barely a span long

Bm A

the rough barrel-beat

was my cradlesong

A E

You ask why I keep still

Bm D

why I don't pour it out into the night

You know

E Bm

You know if it rises and floats

A E A D

It effaces every piece of light

Foreign what my lips say

E Bm D

Foreign my hair, my dress

A E

Foreign what your eyes ask

Bm D

about this strangeness

A E

You ask why I keep still

Bm D

why I don't pour it out into the night

You know

E Bm

You know if it rises and float

A E A D

It effaces every piece of light

A E

When scream masses on wound

Bm D

I want to meet you

A E

When the great testimony

Bm D

from your branches trickles down

A E

Here my soul grows

'til it smashes

Bm A D

above the scene, the balcony

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