9 Chords used in the song: Bm, Bsus2, D, D/C#, Em, A, G, Gmaj7, Em6
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PRE-INTRO:Bm -
Bsus2
INTRO:D |
D/C# |
Em |
Em -
A
VERSE:
Bm
D
I wish that I could beA
G
In the cellars of the sea
Bm
D
And disappear in themA
G
Never to be seen againBm
D
Live this life
A
G
Its unrelenting appetite
Bm
D
For feeding off the weak
A
G
Who never had their time to speak
PRECHORUS:
Bm
Gmaj7
The sky will be my shroud
Em
G
A
A monumental cloud
CHORUS:
D
D/C#
If we could turn back, you can't paper over the crack
Em
A
But it will return now, and your heart will burn black
VERSE:Bm
D
Give me your handA
G
Cut the skin, let me in
Bm
D
The molecules of us
A
G
Bleeding into one again
PRECHORUS:
Bm
Gmaj7
The sky will be my shroud
Em
G
A
The cenotaph of cloud
CHORUS:
D
D/C#
If we could turn back, you can't paper over the crack
Em
A
But it will return now, and your heart will burn black
D
D/C#
Forgotten my way home, forgotten everything that I know
Em
Em6
A
Every day a false start, and it burns my heart
BRIDGE 1:
D
I knowA
Gmaj7
Everything you said was right, and I suppose
Bm
D
Everything is here forever, till it goes
A
Gmaj7
You gave it all away, kept nothing for yourself
Just a picture on the shelf
FRENCH:Bm -
Gmaj7 -
Em -
G -
A
Je souhaiterais merger
Dans les profondeurs des mers
Y disparatre
Pour ne plus jamais tre vu
BRIDGE 2:
D
Burning up now
A
Em
And I'm racing down a road I don't recognise
I realise I've
CHORUS:
D
D/C#
Forgotten my way home, forgotten everything that I know
Em
Em6
A
Every day a false start, and it burns my heartD -
D/C# -
Em -
A
TurnB(l?)ack
D |
D/C# |
Em |
Em -
A
OUTRO:Bm
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About this song: Black Burning Heart
Black Burning Heart is the 10th track of Keane's third album, "Perfect Symmetry". It features special vocals in french by Ana