Cradlesong Chords
Cradlesong by Soap And Skin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, E, Bm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Capo II
A
I thud on a drum
E
barely a span long
Bm A
the rough barrel-beat
D
was my cradlesong
A E
You ask why I keep still
Bm D
why I don't pour it out into the night
A
You know
E Bm
You know if it rises and floats
A E A D
It effaces every piece of light
A
Foreign what my lips say
E Bm D
Foreign my hair, my dress
A E
Foreign what your eyes ask
Bm D
about this strangeness
A E
You ask why I keep still
Bm D
why I don't pour it out into the night
A
You know
E Bm
You know if it rises and float
A E A D
It effaces every piece of light
A E
When scream masses on wound
Bm D
I want to meet you
A E
When the great testimony
Bm D
from your branches trickles down
A E
Here my soul grows
Bm
'til it smashes
Bm A D
above the scene, the balcony