Chords for Shawn Phillips - Burning Fingers

[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] I look up in the sky, [C] a figure bows its head, [B] and then [Bm] I wonder why.
[A] The death beyond, _ [Em] the ashes in the [C] tree.
My bones of mortal webs, [Bm] the blood of liquid clay, [E] the [A] rain that swept me here.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] Dee-dee [B]-dee [Bm]-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee [A]-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
We [E] speak of the wind, [C] curling blockades in the sand, [Bm] the field beneath us run.
_ [A] You came to the old fire, _ [Em] _
_ _ [C] we see you in the near and the past.
[Bm] We speak of you in the games, [A] our dream, in the past.
And [Em] you are left to fight and die, to [C] live and persist.
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_ _ _ [C] _ Dee-dee-dee [B]-dee-dee [Bm]-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee [A]-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee.
Have [Em] you ever felt the wind in [C] the leaves upon your [Bm] heart?
Do you still intend to [A] let your love depart?
[Em] The force of love is strong, like [C] a light from distant bases.
[Bm] The mic of love is long, despite [A] the few and the few, the [Em] sun is setting down.
Where [C] are the eyes to see it rise?
[Bm] No one keeps it ground, except [A] the horns of body-based
[Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ beams.
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] The time is drawing nigh, [C] we could go and self-destruct, [Bm] or simply fade away.
[A] With the rosey glow, _ [Em] we'll open up our minds, [C] and realize the depths, [Bm] or never see the pines,
[A] and accept the tragic, [Em] or paint it in our hands.
[C] Can the demons gain the sway, [Bm] or soar the lovely lands?
_ _ _ _ [N] And ye gods will know the way.
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[N] Great chord.
Great chord!
Thank you. _ _