Leviathan Chords
by Mark Lanegan
Leviathan by Mark Lanegan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C, G and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
standard tuning
Intro:
e----------------|
B----------------|
G----------------|
D-\7---5---3---2-|
A----------------|
E----------------|
D C G Bb
After the deadlock and dazzle
D C G Bb
As good as, or better than gold
D C G Bb
I lay down my guns on the table
D C G Bb
First scarlet then blue growing cold
D C
Black light and smoke
G Bb
Making a joke
D C G Bb
In the haze of a setting sun
D C G Bb
Leviathan waits in the water
D C G Bb
Skeletons hide in the trees
D C G Bb
The hours crawl by like a spider
D C G Bb
Hangman is following me
D C
At sorrow's door
G Bb
A century more
D C G Bb
In the rays of a setting sun
D C G Bb
After the deadlock and dazzle
D C G Bb
Glitters at night like it's gold
D C G Bb
You lay down your heart if you're able
D C G Bb
First scarlet then blue growing cold
D
Everyday a prayer
C
For what I never knew
G Bb
But this is one I said for you
Chords used:
D C G Bb
e-------------|
B-------------|
G--7--5-----3-|
D--7--5--5--3-|
A--5--3--5--1-|
E--------3----|