The Raven

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - isobel campbell and mark lanegan - the raven - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - album : sunday at devil dirt tempo : 95 E - mail : gwendal . mollo@orange . fr tabbed by : newg F#m ( finish the bar with just the open E string ) repeat many times Bm F#m and in the dawning of the day in late september Bm F#m there came a weeping from outside my chamber door Bm F#m weary from fever i rose up looked out the elder Bm F#m a raven with a broken wing yet nothing more F#m Bm F#m i turn my head the once and bird become a damsel Bm F#m with lips of cherry , ivory skin and lustrous hair Bm F#m open the doorway wide and smile for her to enter Bm F#m not in my lifetime seen a beast so rare F#m Bm F#m sweet thighs of ruin how i loved her , and i loved her Bm F#m she muttered low and helped me to her infant breasts Bm F#m deliverance was long and strong as god’s my witness Bm F#m babylon burning sorrow known with each caress E F#m and let the night in E F#m for you were broken E F#m too ill to touch E F#m too much F#m Bm F#m and with the medal eguinal had done their duty Bm F#m the morning glory lying awoke with duly low Bm F#m i breathed my last the day the warning bell was knelling Bm F#m she smoothed her feathers down and flew back out my window [ Chorus ] Solo ( E F#m ) [ Chorus ] [ Chorus ] F#m ( repeat many times )