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[NOTES] I had to take a few liberties to make this work for the acoustic guitar. First, this is obviously
in a different key from the key she sings it in. In addition, the artist's versions are very 
languid and mournful, which works with her piano accompaniment. But I think the guitar version should be 
played at a slightly less plodding tempo, like the slowest blues songs. Finally, the lyric 
"My ear attends to you" is correct and makes much more sense than the oft-cited "My attends to you," 
which I believe can be ascribed to mis-hearings of her Australian accent.
[STRUM PATTERN]: Slow downward, simple quarter note on each chord, follow by about a full beat of rest.
[VERSE]
GMy ear
AmAttends to you,
Dmas a mother hears
Amwhile her children sleep.
[BRIDGE]
GNow look:
AmSee how they're dreaming?
DmThe black reciter reads
Amwhile the children dream.
GDon't       goD  
AmSo deep in slumber,
EmWhere you'll shy.
AmKnow you'lCl wander in Gsleep.
Don't yoAmu fly          too fDar away.
[BRIDGE 2]
GSome men diAme 
Cwithout cryAming--
DmSuffering so lonAmg         and alonGe.
CSoftly, chiEmldren, dry yoAmur eyes.
CGently, children, Gbe wise.
[VERSE 2]
GMy ear attends to you,
Amas a mother hears
Dmall her children's fears.
GSo don't cry;
Amall will wash away
Gwhen we pray.
AmSoon, soon, soon, soon, soon.
AmSo if it's okay, I'll waiCt with you a while.
GThe sun begins to shine.
[BRIDGE 3]
COh, look: Your wings are brEmoken,
DmBut never Ama lie was Gspoken.
CThe murdered Amthing is loveEm, you see--
AmDrifting on a lake Gof memory.
CNow sleep. CloAmse your eyes and hCave no fear;
GA wide blue sky is very near.
[VERSE 3]
GMy ear 
AmAttends to you,
DmAs a mother hears
AmAll her children's fears.
[RESOLUTION]
GSo don't cry;
DmAll will wash away
GWhen we pray.
[OUTRO] (Strum each x3 in waltz (3/4) time)
G Em Am C
G (Strum once slowly)

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Hymn For The Fallen

by Lisa Gerrard

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[NOTES] I had to take a few liberties to make this work for the acoustic guitar. First, this is obviously

in a different key from the key she sings it in. In addition, the artist's versions are very

languid and mournful, which works with her piano accompaniment. But I think the guitar version should be

played at a slightly less plodding tempo, like the slowest blues songs. Finally, the lyric

"My ear attends to you" is correct and makes much more sense than the oft-cited "My attends to you,"

which I believe can be ascribed to mis-hearings of her Australian accent.

[STRUM PATTERN]: Slow downward, simple quarter note on each chord, follow by about a full beat of rest.

[VERSE]

My ear

Attends to you,

as a mother hears

while her children sleep.

[BRIDGE]

Now look:

See how they're dreaming?

The black reciter reads

while the children dream.

G D

Don't go

So deep in slumber,

Where you'll shy.

Am C G

Know you'll wander in sleep.

Am D

Don't you fly too far away.

[BRIDGE 2]

G Am

Some men die

C Am

without crying--

Dm Am G

Suffering so long and alone.

C Em Am

Softly, children, dry your eyes.

C G

Gently, children, be wise.

[VERSE 2]

My ear attends to you,

as a mother hears

all her children's fears.

So don't cry;

all will wash away

when we pray.

Soon, soon, soon, soon, soon.

Am C

So if it's okay, I'll wait with you a while.

The sun begins to shine.

[BRIDGE 3]

C Em

Oh, look: Your wings are broken,

Dm Am G

But never a lie was spoken.

C Am Em

The murdered thing is love, you see--

Am G

Drifting on a lake of memory.

C Am C

Now sleep. Close your eyes and have no fear;

A wide blue sky is very near.

[VERSE 3]

My ear

Attends to you,

As a mother hears

All her children's fears.

[RESOLUTION]

So don't cry;

All will wash away

When we pray.

[OUTRO] (Strum each x3 in waltz (3/4) time)

G Em Am C

G (Strum once slowly)

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