Alan Menken - Heavens lighthellfire
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SONG(S): Heaven's Light/Hellfire
ARTIST: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
From the musical, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
Intro:
F Fsus F Fsus F
C/F D#/F
So many times out there
A#/F F G9/F
I've watched a happy pair
A7/F F Gm7/C
Of lovers walking in the night
They had a kind of glow aFround themA#sus2
A#sus2/D Am7 A# F
It almost looked like heaven's light
C/F D#/F
I knew I'd never know
That warm and A#/Floving Fglow G/F
Though I might A/Fwish with all my Asusmight A Dm
Dm/C A#(add2) F/A Gm7
No face as hideous as my face
F(add2)/A A#(add2)
Was ever meant for heaven's light
F A#m/F F F7 A#(add2)
But suddenly an angel has smiled at me
And Dmkissed my cheek without a trace of GfrigC7susht C7 F
C/F D#/F
I dare to dream that she
A#/F F G7/F
Might even care for me
A7/F Em7/A Am A#
And as I ring these bells tonight
My cold dark tower seems so AmbrighDm7t Gm7
I swear it C7susmust be heaven's F5light
F5 F5 F5 A#(add2)
F5 F5 F5 F5
A#(add2) A#(add2)
A# Gm/A#
Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti (I confess to God almighty)
Beatae MaF/A#riae sA#empeD#r VirFginA#i (To Fblessed Mary ever Virgin)
F/D# Dm7 A#/D D#(add2) D#
Beato Michaeli archangelo (To the blessed archangel Michael)
Dm Gm Cm/D# F A#
Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis (To the holy apostles, to all the saints)
A#
Beata MaF7ria A#
D# Cm7 A#/F F/D#
You know I am a righteous man
A#Of my virtue D#I am justly Gmproud
Gm/F
Et tibit Pater (And to you, Father)
BeData MaAria D
You Gmknow I'm Dm7b5so much D/Apurer A/Gthan
A#/F Asus/E A7 D
The common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd
Quia peccavi nimis (That I have sinned)
Then Gmtell me, MaDriaGm
CmWhy I see her A#/Ddancing Dthere
D#Why her smold'ring Asuseyes still A7scorch my Dsoul
CogitatiA/Done (DIn thought)
I Gmfeel her, I Dsee Gmher
The Cmsun caught in A#/Draven Dhair
Is D#blazing in me A7out of all conD7sustrol
Verbo et opere (In word and deeD7b9d) G5
Like fire
Hellfire
This fire in my skinD5
This burning
Desire
Is turning me to Dmsin
It's not my fault
Mea culpa (Through my fault)
I'm not to blame
Mea culpa (Through my fault)
It is the gypsy girl, the witch who sent this Cflame
Mea maxima culpa (Through my most griveous fault)
It's not my Fmfault
Mea culpa (Through my fault)
If in God's plan
Mea culpa (Through my fault)
He made the C#maj7devil so much Dm7b5stronger G/Bthan a Csusman
Mea maxima culpa (Through my most griveous fault)
ProFtect me, MaCriaF
Don't A#mlet this siren F/Ccast her C/A#spell
Don't F/Alet her fire A#sear my flesh and Dmbone
DeF/Cstroy Esmeralda
And A#mlet her taste the F/Afires of hell
Or Gm7else let her be mine and mine aA7suslone A7
A5 (8 bars)
D5
Hellfire
Dark fire
Now gypsy, it's your turn
Choose me or
Your pyre
Be mine or you will
Dmburn
D5Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
Gm/D Dm Em7(no5)/D
God have mercy on her
D5Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
G/D Dm E7/D
God have mercy on me
D5Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)
Am Gm Dm/F
But she will be mine
E7(no5)
Or
Dm/A
she
Awill
D5 D5 D5 D5 A#(add2)
burn!
Dm