Song For Anne Frank Chords
Song For Anne Frank by Harvey Andrews is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C D G C G
verse 1
C D
Come, lock the door up tight, the night's for sleeping
G
Hiding in the dark, no light must show
C D
And did you paste up pictures of your heroes?
G
To ask of them the answers they don't know
verse 2
Em C D
Cowboy kings who wore the white of freedom
A7 D Em
Where were they to save you from the flame?
C
The yellow star would never shine like silver
D A7 D
And the Sheriff would soon learn to live with shame
Instrumental: G C D G C G
verse 3
C D
There was no help for children in the shadows
G
Who never knew the meaning of their pain
C
The reasons give no answers to the questions
D G
And now the circle brings them round again
verse 4
Em C D
I pause inside your room and wait for whispers
A7 D
An echo of a voice that calls your name
Em C
To tell you that the world still welcomes lovers
D A7 D
But the headlines for the news are still the same
Em D
They're still the same, still the same
Em C D G
Still the same, still the same_____
Instrumental
G C D G C G
G C D G C G
Verse 5
C D
And hidden in the diary they are selling
G
You offer me a mirror for today
C
In which I see the image of tomorrow
D G Em
And I stare awhile, then turn, and walk away
C D C D C G
Walk away___, walk away__________