A Sadness Song Chords
by Current 93
A Sadness Song by Current 93 is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Em, G, Cmaj7, Am and C/E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em G Cmaj7 x2
Em
Em G
When we touch the world
Cmaj7 Em
And it falls away
G
When we feel that we're born
Cmaj7 Em
Just to fall apart
G
And our mother lies in state
Cmaj7 Em
And the broken pitcher glistens
G
And the snow is at the window
Cmaj7 Em
Creating neither sign nor symbol
Am C/E
And the earth covers earth
Am C/E
And the mud lies in pools
Em G
Where the sand-dunes stretch unbroken
Cmaj7 Em
And the dry wind bends and sighs
G
And the geese are running harmless
Cmaj7 Em
And our desires are running wild
G
Then we're looking at the smoke
Cmaj7 Em
That's rising from the incense
G
Neither coming here nor going
Cmaj7 Em
Neither heaven here nor hell
G
Neither borning here nor birthing
Cmaj7 Em
Neither dying here nor death
Am C/E
And we're wrapped inside our troubles
Am C/E
And we're wrapped inside our pain
Em G
And wracked with fires with longing
Cmaj7 Em
And our eyes are blind with night
G
With our fingers clutching coins
Cmaj7 Em
And our thoughts burning with 'I'
G
And our eyes cannot be sated
Cmaj7 Em
With the world and its nightmares
G
With the world and its dreams
Cmaj7 Em
Though later they'll be filled
Am C/E
With a small handful of dust
Am C/E
And the gods appear on the altars
Em G
And we recognise their face
Cmaj7 Em
It's a face that we have carved there
G
And it's full of fear and longing
Cmaj7 Em
And promises and threats
G
But they neither stoop to conquer
Cmaj7 Em
Nor do they stoop to praise
G
And the mines are void of diamonds
Cmaj7 Em
That we carry in our rags
Thungder Perfect Mind
Am Cmaj7
Then all the world seems
Em
A sadness song
G Cmaj7
A sadness song
Em
A sadness song
G Cmaj7
And all the world seems
Em
A sadness song