Chords for Baz McSherry : A Little Statue
Tempo:
122.25 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Bb
C
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
In the dust of an early morning sunrise, a [Ab] little statue lay beneath the sun.
When [Eb] the weightless fell in the [Bb] sky turning yellow, [Eb]
a widow found it with her son.
[Ab] [Eb]
They washed it when they got it home in some water from a wooden bowl.
They [Fm] placed it on the [Eb] mantelpiece and they draped it with some holy beads.
Then they said the [Bb] rosary [Ab] on the morning of the thirteenth day.
[Eb] The little boy ran outside crying,
Mama, Mama, Rosa Maria, Rosa [Ab] Mystica.
I see the blood flow from her eyes.
[Eb]
Rosa Maria, Rosa Mystica.
It turns to roses when she cries.
The word is read throughout the [Bb] land, [Eb]
[Ab] just like a chorus of a [Eb]
symphony.
[Ab] [Eb]
But the little statue found inside, the holy crying figurine.
[Ab]
[Eb] They queued for miles when they came, the [Ab] poor, the sick, the deaf, [C] the lame.
[Eb]
The lost, who followed freak, hero, wine, outcast, the destitute, the blind.
The young who hid their love away came to Maria [Ab] to pray.
[Eb]
Rosa Maria, Rosa Mystica.
[Ab] I see [Eb] the blood flow from her eyes.
Rosa Maria, [Ab] Rosa [Eb] Mystica.
It turns to roses when she [Ab] cries.
[Bb] The church had [Eb] came to claim Maria.
[Ab] For their own divine prosperity, [Bb] [D] [Eb] they trampled on the [Bb] little children.
[Eb]
But for the first time, the last time, they took the statue in their hands.
But the floor giving it turned to sand.
They buckled with their [Bb] weakness and [Ab] the cover it was lifted.
[Eb] Those who hide behind the gun, [Ab] a silent lies it's best to run.
[Eb]
And cast themselves into the sun [Ab] with an anvil tied beside them.
[Cm] Ave [Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb] Maria
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] Ave [Eb]
Maria
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
Ave [Ab]
[C] [Eb]
Maria
[Ab] [Eb]
Maria
[Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
In the dust of an early morning sunrise, a [Ab] little statue lay beneath the sun.
When [Eb] the weightless fell in the [Bb] sky turning yellow, [Eb]
a widow found it with her son.
[Ab] [Eb]
They washed it when they got it home in some water from a wooden bowl.
They [Fm] placed it on the [Eb] mantelpiece and they draped it with some holy beads.
Then they said the [Bb] rosary [Ab] on the morning of the thirteenth day.
[Eb] The little boy ran outside crying,
Mama, Mama, Rosa Maria, Rosa [Ab] Mystica.
I see the blood flow from her eyes.
[Eb]
Rosa Maria, Rosa Mystica.
It turns to roses when she cries.
The word is read throughout the [Bb] land, [Eb]
[Ab] just like a chorus of a [Eb]
symphony.
[Ab] [Eb]
But the little statue found inside, the holy crying figurine.
[Ab]
[Eb] They queued for miles when they came, the [Ab] poor, the sick, the deaf, [C] the lame.
[Eb]
The lost, who followed freak, hero, wine, outcast, the destitute, the blind.
The young who hid their love away came to Maria [Ab] to pray.
[Eb]
Rosa Maria, Rosa Mystica.
[Ab] I see [Eb] the blood flow from her eyes.
Rosa Maria, [Ab] Rosa [Eb] Mystica.
It turns to roses when she [Ab] cries.
[Bb] The church had [Eb] came to claim Maria.
[Ab] For their own divine prosperity, [Bb] [D] [Eb] they trampled on the [Bb] little children.
[Eb]
But for the first time, the last time, they took the statue in their hands.
But the floor giving it turned to sand.
They buckled with their [Bb] weakness and [Ab] the cover it was lifted.
[Eb] Those who hide behind the gun, [Ab] a silent lies it's best to run.
[Eb]
And cast themselves into the sun [Ab] with an anvil tied beside them.
[Cm] Ave [Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb] Maria
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab] Ave [Eb]
Maria
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
Ave [Ab]
[C] [Eb]
Maria
[Ab] [Eb]
Maria
Key:
Eb
Ab
Bb
C
Fm
Eb
Ab
Bb
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ In the dust of an early morning sunrise, _ _ _ _ _ a [Ab] little statue lay beneath the sun. _
_ _ _ _ When [Eb] the weightless fell in the [Bb] sky turning yellow, _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ a widow found it with her son.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
They washed it when they got it home in some water from a wooden bowl.
They [Fm] placed it on the [Eb] mantelpiece and they draped it with some holy beads.
Then they said the [Bb] rosary [Ab] on the morning of the thirteenth day.
[Eb] The little boy ran outside crying,
Mama, _ _ _ _ _ Mama, _ _ _ _ Rosa _ Maria, _ Rosa _ [Ab] Mystica.
_ I see the blood flow from her eyes.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ Rosa _ Maria, _ Rosa _ _ Mystica.
_ It turns to roses when she cries.
_ _ _ _ _ _ The word is read throughout the [Bb] land, _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] just like a chorus of a [Eb]
symphony.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb]
But the little statue found inside, _ _ _ _ _ _ the holy crying _ figurine.
[Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] They queued for miles when they came, the [Ab] poor, the sick, the deaf, [C] the lame.
[Eb]
The lost, who followed freak, hero, wine, _ outcast, the destitute, the blind.
The young who hid their love away _ _ came to Maria [Ab] to pray.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Rosa _ Maria, _ Rosa _ Mystica.
_ _ [Ab] I see [Eb] the blood flow from her eyes. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Rosa Maria, _ [Ab] Rosa _ _ [Eb] Mystica. _
It turns to roses when she [Ab] cries. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ The church had [Eb] came to claim Maria. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] For their own divine _ prosperity, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] they trampled on the [Bb] little children.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ But for the first time, _ _ the last _ time, _ they took the statue in their hands.
But the floor giving it turned to sand.
_ They buckled with their [Bb] weakness and [Ab] the cover it was lifted.
[Eb] _ Those who hide behind the gun, [Ab] a silent lies it's best to run.
[Eb]
And cast themselves into the sun [Ab] with an anvil tied beside them.
_ _ [Cm] Ave _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ Maria
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Ave [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Maria
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Ave _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ Maria
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Maria _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ In the dust of an early morning sunrise, _ _ _ _ _ a [Ab] little statue lay beneath the sun. _
_ _ _ _ When [Eb] the weightless fell in the [Bb] sky turning yellow, _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ a widow found it with her son.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
They washed it when they got it home in some water from a wooden bowl.
They [Fm] placed it on the [Eb] mantelpiece and they draped it with some holy beads.
Then they said the [Bb] rosary [Ab] on the morning of the thirteenth day.
[Eb] The little boy ran outside crying,
Mama, _ _ _ _ _ Mama, _ _ _ _ Rosa _ Maria, _ Rosa _ [Ab] Mystica.
_ I see the blood flow from her eyes.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ Rosa _ Maria, _ Rosa _ _ Mystica.
_ It turns to roses when she cries.
_ _ _ _ _ _ The word is read throughout the [Bb] land, _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] just like a chorus of a [Eb]
symphony.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb]
But the little statue found inside, _ _ _ _ _ _ the holy crying _ figurine.
[Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] They queued for miles when they came, the [Ab] poor, the sick, the deaf, [C] the lame.
[Eb]
The lost, who followed freak, hero, wine, _ outcast, the destitute, the blind.
The young who hid their love away _ _ came to Maria [Ab] to pray.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Rosa _ Maria, _ Rosa _ Mystica.
_ _ [Ab] I see [Eb] the blood flow from her eyes. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Rosa Maria, _ [Ab] Rosa _ _ [Eb] Mystica. _
It turns to roses when she [Ab] cries. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ The church had [Eb] came to claim Maria. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] For their own divine _ prosperity, _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] they trampled on the [Bb] little children.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ But for the first time, _ _ the last _ time, _ they took the statue in their hands.
But the floor giving it turned to sand.
_ They buckled with their [Bb] weakness and [Ab] the cover it was lifted.
[Eb] _ Those who hide behind the gun, [Ab] a silent lies it's best to run.
[Eb]
And cast themselves into the sun [Ab] with an anvil tied beside them.
_ _ [Cm] Ave _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ Maria
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Ave [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Maria
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Ave _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ Maria
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Maria _ _ _ _ _ _
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