Fan Transcriptions
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Guitar Tablature for I Surrender
I Surrender - David Sylvian Chords D#m5/C -8x8766 Cm7 -8x888x G# -466544 Gm -355333 Bb -688766 @ I Surrender Dm#5/C Cm7 Dm#5/C Cm7 I opened up the pathway of the heart Dm#5/C The flowers died, embittered from the start G# Gm That night I crossed the Bridge of Sighs Cm7 Dm#5/C And I surrendered Cm7 Dm#5/C I looked back and glimpsed the outline of a boy Cm7 Dm#5/C His life of sorrows now collapsing into joy G# Gm Tonight the stars are aligned Cm7 And I surrender G# Gm A mother cries beneath a southern sky Cm7 And I surrender Cm7 Dm#5/C Bb Recording angels and the poets of the night Cm7 Dm#5/C Bb Bring back the trophies of the battles that we fight G# Gm Searchlights fill the open skies Cm7 Dm#5/C And I surrender Outrageous cries of love have called you back De-railed the trains of thought, demolished wayward track You tell me I've no need to wonder why I just surrender I stand too close to see the slight of hand How she found this child inside the frightened man Tonight I'm learning how to fly And I surrender I've travelled all this way for your embrace Enraptured by the recognition on your face Hold me now while my old life dies tonight And I surrender My mother cries beneath the open skies And I surrender An ancient evening just before the fall The light in your eyes, the meaning of it all Birds fly and fill the summer skies And I surrender She throws the burning books into the sea Come find the meaning of the word inside of me It's alright the stars are all aligned And I surrender A mother cries beneath the moonlit skies And I surrender My body turns to ashes in her hands The dissapearing world of footprints in the sand Tell me now that this love will never die And I surrender My mother cries beneath the open skies And I surrender Guitar part for the intro and first verse Dm#5/C Cm7 Dm#5/C Cm7 ----------------------------------------------- ----------4---8-4-6-8-6------------------------ ------------------------------5-7-8------------ ----------1---5-1-3-5-3------------------------ ------------------------------3-5-6------------ ----------------------------------------------- Dm#5/C I opened up the pathway of the heart ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------11-8-4-6----- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------8--5-1-3----- ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- The flowers died, embittered from the start ------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------3-4-7/8-- ------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------0-1-4/5-- ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ G# Gm That night I crossed the Bridge of Sighs ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------ Cm7 Dm#5/C And I surrender ------------------------------------------------ ---------8-----6-------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ---------5-----3-------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------
Transcribed 01/04/99 by Mike Garoghan
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