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Opium

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Ebminor

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[Verse]
GbmSometimes
I feel like I Ebwanna live
Far from the mDbetropolis
Just walk through that dBboor
GbmSometimes
I feel like I Ebwant to fly
Reach out to the Dbpainted sky
A prisoner to the wiBbnd
A bird on the wGbingEb  Db  Bb  
GbSometimes
I feel the ocean Ebin my blood
Sea rain from the Dbsky above
Her salt brined tBbears
AGbnd now
Those tears leave a tasEbte on my tongue
Like the warm rusDbh you get from
BbBlack opium
Black opGbiumEb  Db  Bb  
GbSometimes
I feel like I wEbanna leave
Behind all tDbhese memories
And walk through thaBbt door
GbOutside
The black night Ebcalls my name
But all roads loDbok the same
They lead noBbwhere
They lead nowheGbreEb  Db  Bb  

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Opium

by Dead Can Dance

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gbm

[Verse]

Gbm

Sometimes

I feel like I wanna live

Far from the metropolis

Just walk through that door

Gbm

Sometimes

I feel like I want to fly

Reach out to the painted sky

A prisoner to the wind

Gb Eb Db Bb

A bird on the wing

Sometimes

I feel the ocean in my blood

Sea rain from the sky above

Her salt brined tears

And now

Those tears leave a taste on my tongue

Like the warm rush you get from

Black opium

Gb Eb Db Bb

Black opium

Sometimes

I feel like I wanna leave

Behind all these memories

And walk through that door

Outside

The black night calls my name

But all roads look the same

They lead nowhere

Gb Eb Db Bb

They lead nowhere

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