Sword of Damocles

Alan P. Scott - Verses - Lyrics

uneasy lies the head


With a driving, trainlike beat.

[V.1]
A(add9)                         Cmaj7
Caught between the rock of self-reliance

A(add9)                  Cmaj7
And the hardness of your discontent--we

A(add9)                 Cmaj7
Fought like thieves and lovers

A(add9)                    Cmaj7
In the middle of a burnin' tenement.

[Ch.1]
D                                    C(add9)
Two fools, don't know better than to follow the rules.

D                                    C(add9)
Two threads, twin swords of Damocles hangin' overhead.

[V.2]
Tried the road of reconciliation
And the quiet path of compromise--we
Lied like frightened children
Hoped the other would not realize.

[Ch.2]
Two chairs, turned back to back in the room downstairs.
Two tears, trickle down the cheek you've known so many years.

[Instrumental break]

[Repeat First Chorus]
[Repeat Second Chorus]

Hangin overhead...

Guitar tablatures:

  A(add9)          Cmaj7          C(add9)
E A D G B E     E A D G B E     E A D G B E
 | | | | |       | | | | |       | | | | |
 | |1|2| |       | |2| | |       | |1| | |
 | | | | |       |3| | | |       |2| | |3|

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