Crown Of Thorns Chords
by Janet Devlin
Crown Of Thorns by Janet Devlin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, C, E, Bm and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Em D C
Em
The silence comes back round again
D C
An emptiness where once were flames
Em
When I fell upon your shoulders like the rain
D C
You held me down to drown beneath the waves
D C
It's over, almost over
D C
This kind of passion can only end in pain
E
Like a crown of thorns
Bm Am
I can't wear this love around my heart
C D E
Though we've tried and failed a thousand times to lift the dark
Bm Am
I wear the memories you leave like scars
C D
I don't know if I can keep on breathing
Am C D E
If I'm bleeding, bleeding from the start
E Bm Am C D
Em
I feel that every time I breathe
D C
The oxygen is suffocating me
Em
It's not a sacrifice we can make
D C
To be the king and queen of heartache
D C
It's over, almost over
E
Like a crown of thorns
Bm Am
I can't wear this love around my heart
C D E
Though we've tried and failed a thousand times to lift the dark
Bm Am
I wear the memories you leave like scars
C D
I don't know if I can keep on breathing
Am C D E
If I'm bleeding, bleeding from the start
E Bm Am C D
Em
Parting is a sweet sorrow
C Am
But the marks only fade with time
Em C Am
I believe that there is life on the other side
D C
It's over, almost over
E
Like a crown of thorns
Bm Am
I can't wear this love around my heart
C D E
Though we've tried and failed a thousand times to lift the dark
Bm Am
I wear the memories you leave like scars
C D
I don't know if I can keep on breathing
Am C D
If I'm bleeding, bleeding from the
Am C D E
If I'm bleeding, bleeding from the stars
E Bm Am C D
Em
The silence comes back round again