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Midnight Sun

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[Intro]
|    D|    D|    D|    D|
|    D|    D|  D|
[Verse 1]
TDhey say the king of birds
ADnd the queen of hearts
Wore each other's Gkeys
Before they called the wedding ofDf
DAnd all the feathers rained down
DAnd the town fell asleep
Pulling on the Gpoems
For the midnight sDun
Pulling on the pGoems
For the midnight sDun
[Interlude]
|    D|    D|    G|  D|
[Verse 2]
DYeah, she shook the ground (Shook the ground)
DWith every breath (Every breath)
Tossed his troubles asGide (Troubles aside)
Made a shrine of every mDess
DWell, a woman appeared (Woman appeared)
DWith a guillotine smile (Guillotine smile)
She handed him a rGose (Handed him a rose)
Then he turned to sDtone
She handed him a roGse
And he turned to stDone
[Instrumental]
|    D|    D|    G|    D|
|    D|    D|    G|    D|
| Em   C|    D| Em   C|    D|
|    D|    D|    G|  D|
[Verse 3]
DThen they laid him in the creek
DWhere the river ran dry
To the mouth of wGisdom
And the end of dDoubt
DThen the woman reappeared
DWith a blank spread smile
Took him by the rGose
Then he turned to sDtone
Yeah, she handed him a rGose
Left him all Dalone
[Instrumental]
| Em   C|    D| Em   C|    D|
| Em   C|    D| Em   C|    D|
|    D|    D|  D|
[Verse 4]
DWell, they lifted the stone (The stone)
DAnd they mapped the stars (The stars)
Brought back the kGeys (Keys)
And unlocked their Dhearts (Their hearts)
DAnd the birds returned (The birds)
DWith songs in their eyes (Their eyes)
With maps to the wGorld (The world)
Never seDen
With maps to the wGorld
Never sDeen

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Midnight Sun

by Calexico

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D D D D

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D D D

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[Verse 1]

They say the king of birds

And the queen of hearts

Wore each other's keys

Before they called the wedding off

And all the feathers rained down

And the town fell asleep

Pulling on the poems

For the midnight sun

Pulling on the poems

For the midnight sun

[Interlude]

D D G D

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[Verse 2]

Yeah, she shook the ground (Shook the ground)

With every breath (Every breath)

Tossed his troubles aside (Troubles aside)

Made a shrine of every mess

Well, a woman appeared (Woman appeared)

With a guillotine smile (Guillotine smile)

She handed him a rose (Handed him a rose)

Then he turned to stone

She handed him a rose

And he turned to stone

[Instrumental]

D D G D

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D D G D

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Em C D Em C D

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D D G D

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[Verse 3]

Then they laid him in the creek

Where the river ran dry

To the mouth of wisdom

And the end of doubt

Then the woman reappeared

With a blank spread smile

Took him by the rose

Then he turned to stone

Yeah, she handed him a rose

Left him all alone

[Instrumental]

Em C D Em C D

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Em C D Em C D

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D D D

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[Verse 4]

Well, they lifted the stone (The stone)

And they mapped the stars (The stars)

Brought back the keys (Keys)

And unlocked their hearts (Their hearts)

And the birds returned (The birds)

With songs in their eyes (Their eyes)

With maps to the world (The world)

Never seen

With maps to the world

Never seen

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