I wanted to submit the best way to play this song.
TUNING:- 6=D 3=G 5=G 2=B 4=D 1=D
Intro | G G D5 G | C D |
| G G D5 G | C G |
G D5 G C G G D5 G C G
Oh, the gentlemen are talking and the midnight moon is on the riverside,
G D5 G C G G D5 G C G
They're drinking up and walking and it is time for me to slide.
D/G G C D D/G G C D
I live in another world where life and death are memorized,
G D5 G C D G D5 G C G
Where the earth is strung with lovers' pearls and all I see are dark eyes.
Harmonica 1 | G G D5 G | C D |
| G G D5 G | C/G G |
G D5 G C D G D5 G C G
A cock is crowing far away and another soldier's deep in prayer,
G D5 G C D G D5 G C G
Some mother's child has gone astray, she can't find him anywhere.
D/G G G C D D/G G G C D
But I can hear another drum beating for the dead that rise,
G D5 G C D G D5 G C G
Whom nature's beast fears as they come and all I see are dark eyes.
Harmonica 2 | G G D5 G | C D |
| G G D5 G | C/G G |
G D5 G C D G D5 C G
They tell me to be discreet for all intended purposes,
D5 G C D G D5 G C G
They tell me revenge is sweet and from where they stand, I'm sure it is.
D/G G C D D/G C D
But I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized,
G D5 G C D G G D5 G C G
All I feel is heat and flame and all I see are dark eyes.
Harmonica 3 | G G D5 G | C D |
| G G D5 G | C/G G |
G D5 C D G D5 G C G
Oh, the French girl, she's in paradise and a drunken man is at the wheel,
G D5 G C D G D5 G C G
Hunger pays a heavy price to the falling gods of speed and steel.
D/G G C D D/G G C
Oh, time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that
D
flies,
G D5 G C D G D5 G C G
A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes.
Any rates or comments are greatly appreciated!