Songs Of Old Chords by Jesca Hoop

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Turn the key in the iron [Am] lock of the old [Bb] oak door
_ _ _ Lean [Dm] into its passages [G] with all my weight and [C] _ _ enter
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Immediately my olfactory [C] senses [Eb] it's [Bb] own
_ _ _ Paper [Dm] thin and _ [G] paraffin and the [Gm] _ glimmering of _ _ [C] gold _ _ _
[Dm] _ Marble hands out [C] pouring water
[D] Silver [Bb] _ [F] wings delivering _ [Eb] wishes
_ _ [C] Streams of colored light [F] make [Bb] hell a _ whole
_ _ _ [F] Mama singing [D] _
songs of old _ _ _ _
_ [F] Mama [G] singing the songs of _ old
Singing the rock of [D]
ages
_ [F] [G] Though the gold is marred by [D]
red
Singing the [G] _ _ [D] rock of ages
[F] Melt them [Gm] down and make [D] new saints
Singing [Ab] the [G] _ rock of [D] _ ages
[F] _ [G] Empires are [D] made this way
_ Singing the _ [G] _ rock [D] of ages
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_ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ Endless [D] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ hopes and endless fears
[Bb] Polish this stone _
_ _ Deeper [Dm] desire the finer [G] the grain
This time I walk [F] the _ _ [C] _
stairway
_ _ [F] And turn the key in the cellar door
[E] I want to _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ know _ _
[Dm] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
All _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] these stories never [F] _ spoken
_ _ [Em] Danced or drawn [F] or sung or [C] written _ _
_ [Cm] How we built this [Bb] temple soul by _ _ _ soul
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Mama [Gm] singing songs [D] of old _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] Mama singing the songs of [D] old
Singing [G] the rock [D] of ages
[F] Though [Gm] the gold is [D] marred by red
Singing [G] the _ _ [A] rock of [D] _ ages
[F] Melt them [G] down and make new [D] saints
[G] Singing the _ _ [D] rock of ages
[F] _ Empires are [G] made [D] this way
_ Singing the [C] _ [G] _ rock [D] of ages
Mama [Gm] singing the songs of [D] old
[F] Singing the _ [D] rock of ages
[G] Though the gold is marred by _ red
Singing the _ [D] rock of ages
[F] Melt them [G] down and make [D] new saints
[F] Singing the _ _ [G] rock [D] of ages
[F] _ [G] Empires are made [D] this way
[F] Singing the _ [G] _ rock [D] of ages
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[D] _ _ _ [Fm] Singing [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ the rock of ages
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