Words and music by Roddy Frame
Use capo at 1st fret
Note for players: this is an easy song to play, but as it's usual by Roddy's there is always a trick or peculiar chords pregression. I'd like to point out the transition from G to Am, very common and very used by Mr.Frame by using a chord between them, G#dim. You can use that or the alternative one I've proposed. Also I want to explain that the chords in brackets are optional, that is, you can either use them or not, these are just to fit the keyboard cadence in order to gain more sound and brilliant guitar performance. Enjoy it!
Chords Used:
E A D G B E
C............0 3 2 0 1 0
F............1 3 3 2 1 1
Am...........x 0 2 2 1 0
G............3 2 0 0 0 3
G7...........3 2 0 0 0 1
G#dim........X X 0 1 0 1 (or Gaug 3 2 0 1 0 3)
(F13)........1 3 (1) 2 3 1
(Asus4)......X 0 2 2 3 0
(Cmaj7)......0 3 2 0 0 0
INTRO:
(C---F---Am) BIS
VERSE
C-----------------------------------
In the spring, when this thing began
-----------------------
I was down, a dying man
---------F---------------
And as I died and decayed
-----------------
I pushed her away
-------Am-------------------Am
Saying "Why don't you stay"?
C------------------------------------
Days turned to dust, my heart ran dry
-----------------------------------
A compromise was a tooth for an eye
------F------------
I was under a spell
--------------------Am--------------------
How could I tell the truth from the lies
---------------F----(F13)--------------Am-----(Asus4)
And could this wretch really be restored?
-----------F----(F13)----------------G-----
I went out west and the rain it poured
---------------------F----(F13)
And there appeared a king
-----------------G---------G7
And he held his sword over me
CHORUS
G7 (crescendo)-------G-------Am-
...............Forty days of rain
----------F---------------C---
Washed it away, washed it away
-----------G-----------------Am---
I knew I'd never be the same again
-------------------F-------------------C---
I was lost but I'm found, lost but I'm found
----G---------------------------Am---
And until I felt the joy in the pain
-----------------------F----------------------C---
I used to pray for the sun To turn night into day
------G-----------------G#dim---------Am____(let it ring)
Now I kneel and feel the frost on the ground
_________________F----------------C---------------G7---
And I rise and I pray, rise and I pray, rise and I pray
(BACK TO INTRO)
C-----------------------
I kind of had a bad idea
------------------------------
I slipped into my deepest fear
---F--------------------------
My room 101, the end of the run
----------------Am------------G7---
The worst thing I'd ever done
C-----------------------------
I couldn't get the pin back in
(Cmaj7)-------------------------------
Where did it end and where did I begin
-----------F----------------------------Am--
I tried to call it a day, day after day
---------------F----(F13)---------------Am-----(Asus4)
And could this wretch really be restored
-----------F--------------------(F13)-
I went out west, seeking for the sun
----------------G-----
And the rain it poured
---------------------F----(F13)
And there appeared a king
-----------------G---------G7
And he held his sword over me
CHORUS
G7 (crescendo-double time)------(G)-----Am--
..........................Forty days of rain
----------F---------------C---
Washed it away, washed it away
-----------G-----------------Am---
I knew I'd never be the same again
-------------------F-------------------C---
I was lost but I'm found, lost but I'm found
----G---------------------------Am---
And until I felt the joy in the pain
-----------------------F-----------------------C---
I used to pray for the sun. To turn night into day
------G-----------------G#dim---------Am____(let it ring)
I found forgiveness on the back of a bay
(no guitar)___________
And I rise and I pray (repeat)
-----------------------F------------------C---
Cos I was lost but I'm found.Lost but I'm found
-------------G7------------------------Am---
Lost but I'm found.I was lost but I'm found
-------------F------------------C---
Lost but I'm found.Lost but I'm found
-------------G7-----------------------C
Lost but I'm found.I was lost but I'm found
