Chords for Evita - Lament (Original London Cast)

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The choice [Ebm] was mine [Bbm] and mine completely _ I [Gb] could have [Ab] any price that [Ebm] I desired _ _
_ _ [Bbm] I could burn with [Gb] the splendor [Db] of the brightest [E] _ fire
[Gb] Or else, [Gbm] or [A] else I [Bbm] could choose time _ _ _ Remember, _ [Ebm] I was [Bbm] very young then
_ _ _ [Gb] And a year was [Ab] forever [Ebm] and a _ day _ _ [Bbm] So what use [Gb] could fifty, _ [Db] sixty, seventy [E] be?
_ [Gb] I saw the lights [Gbm] and I [A] was on [Bbm] my way _ Oh, [E] how I lived, [Bbm] _ _ _ [E] how they shone
But [Gb] how soon the lights [Bbm] were gone
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] The choice [Abm] is yours [Ebm] and no one else's You [B] can cry [Db]
for a body [Abm] in despair _ _
_ [Ebm] Hang your head _ [B] _
because [Gb] she is no longer [A] _ there [B] To shine, [D] to dazzle, [Ebm] _ to betray _ _ _
Or else, _ [Abm] or else you could [Ebm] be grateful
_ _ _ [B] Once the flesh [Db] and the fantasy [Abm] are cold _ That [Ebm] her _ stars [B] did not [Gb] allow her to [A] grow _ old
[B] But I, [D] I _ won't [Ebm] tell you what to say _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ Oh, my [Ebm] daughter, _ oh, my [A] son _ _ _ [B] Understand _ what I have [Abm] done _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [D] My _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ half-faced _ [Bb] image All _ must be preserved
_ [Eb] Still _ life displayed _ forever [Bb] _
No, _ _ _ she _ _ deserves
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_ _ _ _ _ Money was raised for a tomb A monument to Evita
_ _ Only [Ebm] the pedestal was completed _ When Evita's body disappeared for seventeen years _ _ _ _ _
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