Intro
C D Em Em x2
Em Em C D x2
Em G
Do you feel the thorns,
C
you see the tears,
D Em
do you see the blood shed in this fell war?
G
Have you forsaken us,
C D
have you forgotten our faithful men calling your name?
Em G C D Em
While I stand before you, while we perish, while I lay down a crimson rose,
C G D C D
while holding hands are forced apart, while hopes bog like condemned men... - were you there?
Em
The sky is falling on me
C D
as your hands turning old and week,
Em
I'm giving myself up to thee
C D
a futile sacrifice gone sere! (falling on me)
Em G
In your nemeton
C
these grey stone walls
D Em
are cold and silent as the fallen.
C G D C D
Mother gone deaf, mistress of shattered hopes and forever broken dreams, were you there?
Em
the sky is falling on me
C D
as your hands turning old and week
Em
I'm giving myself up to thee
C D
a futile sacrifice gone sere
C D
Sacrifice (Epo, Epo, why hast thou forsaken me?)
Em
Together we go unsung
C D
Sacrifice (into thy hand I conmmend my spirit)
Em
Together we go down with our people
C D Em Em x2
C D
(were you there,
C D
were you there?)
Em
the sky is falling on me
C D
as your hands turning old and week
Em
I'm giving myself up to thee
C D
a futile sacrifice gone sere
Falling on me...