Lament Chords
by Evita
Lament by Evita is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords Em, Am, C, D, G, Bb and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em Am Em
The choice was mine and mine completely,
C D Am
I could have any prize that I desired.
Em C G Bb
I could burn with the splendour of the brightest fire,
C Cm Em
or else - or else I could choose time.
Em - Am Em
2. Remember I was very young then,
C D Am
and a year was forever and a day.
Em C G Bb
So what use could fifty, sixty, seventy be?
C Cm Em
I saw the lights and I was on my way.
Bb - Em Bb
And how I lived! How they shone !
C - Em
But how soon the lights were gone!