The Eternal Haunting Chords by Michale Graves

[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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[C#m] I wish I'd been there [B] and held you [A] _ close _ _ _ [C#m] In the darkening night when you [B] cried out
in [A] _ fright _ _ I [C#m] _ _ wish I'd been near [B] the scent [A] of your _ fear _
[C#m] In the somber trees which [B] pleaded, [A] help _ _ please _ _
[B] And you shouted my _ name, but [A] to my great _ shame
[B] The only _ reply _ whispered [A] your _ fear, _ whispered [C#m] your _ _ _ fear
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[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C#m] _ _ _ Sympathetic eyes now [G#m]
glazed [A] with _ _ _ reproach _
[C#m] _ Former _ _ acquaintances [B]
dare [A] not _ approach _ _ _
[C#m] _ Worn out and pale [B] with _ [A] compassion _ _ _ fatigue [C#m] A nagging suspicion _ [G#m] _
[A] that we've been _ _ weak
[B] _ _ _ _ _ Like innuendos [A] of fire and _ smoke [B] And isn't it _ strange, [A] what life never _ _ [C#m] spoke
_ I wish I'd been the man [A] who said _ yes [C#m] And I'd love you dear [G#m] child and make [A] God _ _ bless _
[C#m] I wish I'd said _ [G#m] stay, _ [A] you don't need to _ go [C#m] I've not been the man who [A] always said _ no
So [G#m] now [B] you are _ gone, [A] the silence echoes, silence [B] _ echoes _ _ _ _
Silently, [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] silently _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ The _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ cameras came but then [B]
they [A] _ went _ _ _ _
[C#m] The benevolent fun was all [G#m] but _ [A] spent _ _ _ _
[C#m] A memorial _ _ stone [B] _
[A] declares never _ forget _
[C#m] _ _ Erected to help us not [A] _ remember _ _ _ _
[B] As each year passes _ _ by, [A] my grip _ calcifies _
[B] And the love once tender withers and [A] _ _ dies
_ I [C#m] _ _ wish I'd been [B] the man who [A] _ said _ yes [C#m] And I'd love you dear [G#m] child and make [A] _ God _ _ bless
[C#m] _ I wish I'd said _ [G#m] stay, _ [A] you don't need to _ go [C#m] I've not been the man [G#m] who [A] always said _ no
So _
_ [B] now you are _ gone, [A] the silence _ _ echoes, [B] _ silence _ echoes
Silently, _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] silently _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ Now _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ I'm strewn naked _ [B]
[A] and stood alone _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ Scythe fist pushing [G#m]
my [A] _ singular _ stone _
[C#m] Against the grain of [B] common _ [A] _ belief _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ Determined that justice [G#m] _
[A] will overcome _ grief _
[B] _ _ Give up, move on, [A] the relentless _ taunting _
[B] _ I wish, _ I wish, [A] _ eternal _ haunting _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Eternal haunting
[C#m] _ I wish I'd been the [G#m] man who [A] _ said _ yes [C#m] And I'd love you dear child [G#m] and make [A] God _ _ bless _
[C#m] _ I wish I'd said stay, [E] _
[A] you don't need to _ _ [C#m] go I've not been the man who [A] always said no
_ [C#m] _
[B] So now you are _ gone, [A] the silence echoes, silence _ [B] echoes _ _ _ _
Silently, [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ silently _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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