Heron Blue Chords
by Sun Kil Moon
Heron Blue by Sun Kil Moon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dsus2, A, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: D A D G A D
Dsus2 A C G
Don’t cry my love don’t cry no more
Dsus2 A C G
A crashing sky a roaring scream
Dsus2 A C G
A city drowned in Gods black tears
Dsus2 A C G
I cannot bear to see you
Dsus2 A C G
She lay under the midnight moon
Dsus2 A C G
Her restless body stirring
Dsus2 A C G
Until the magic morning hour
Dsus2 A C G
Like poison it succumbs her
Dsus2 A C G
Her baby skin her old black dress
Dsus2 A C G
Her hair it twists round her necklace
Dsus2 A C G
Constricts and chokes like ruthless vines
Dsus2 A C G
Til sleep she overtakes her
Dsus2 A C G
Her room is painted Heron Blue
Dsus2 A C G
Lit by candlelight and chandelier
Dsus2 A C G
And from her headboard perched so high
Dsus2 A C G
A million dreams have passed her
Dsus2 A C G
Don’t cry my love don’t cry no more
Dsus2 A C G
It overwhelms my breaking heart
Dsus2 A C G
A minor swell of violins
Dsus2 A C G
I cannot bear to hear them
Dsus2 A C G
A mother shepherds her young birds
Dsus2 A C G
she fills their mouths and warms their souls
Dsus2 A C G
Til they are strong and good to fly
Dsus2 A C G
Away from her alone she’ll die
Dsus2 A C G
Cradle on quiet old oak limbs
Dsus2 A C G
As heaven blew her light fair wind
Dsus2 A C G
A breath of soot into her lung
Dsus2 A C G
A life, a journeys end in one
Dsus2 A C G
Don’t sing that old sad hymn no more
Dsus2 A C G
It resonates inside my soul
Dsus2 A C G
It haunts me in my waking dream
Dsus2 A C G
I cannot bear to hear it
Dsus2 A C G
Don’t play those violins no more
Dsus2 A C G
Their melancholic overtones
Dsus2 A C G
They echo off the floor and walls
Dsus2 A C G
I cannot bear to hear them