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---------------------- A Thousand Years by Sting ---------------------- -----------------|--------------------|----------|--------------| -----------------|-------------4------|----------|--------------| --5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3|-5-3-5-3-5-6---6-5-3|-3--------|-------------3| -----------------|--------------------|------6---|5------3-5-6--| -----------------|--------------------|----------|--------------| -----------------|--------------------|----------|--------------| -----------------|--------------------|----------|-----------------------| -----------------|-------------4------|----------|-----------------------| --5-3-5-3-5-3-5-3|-5-3-5-3-5-6---6-5-3|-3-1-0-1--|-----------------------| -----------------|--------------------|----------|-----------------------| -----------------|--------------------|----------|-----------------------| -----------------|--------------------|----------|-----------------------| *this melody played throughout verses
A thFmousand years, a thousand more Bbsus2 Gm7sus4 A thousand times a million doors to eternity I may have lived a Fm/Abthousand lives, a thousand times Bbsus2/Db Gm7sus4 An endless turning stairway climbs To a tower of souls If it takes another thFmousand years, a thousand wars Bbsus2 Gm7sus4 The towers rise to numberless floors in space I could shed another miFm/Abllion tears, a million breaths Bbsus2Db Gm7sus4 A million names but only one true face A milFmlion roads, a million fears Bbsus2 Gm7sus4 A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty I could speak a milFm/Ablion lies, a million songs Bbsus2/Db Gm7sus4 A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time But if there was a siFmngle truth, a single light Bbsus2 Gm7sus4 A single thought, a singular touch of grace Then following this sFm/Abingle point, this single flame Bbsus2/Db Gm7sus4 This single haunted memory of your face Fm Bbsus2 Gm7sus4 I still love you, Fm Bbsus2 Gm7sus4 I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves Like galaxies in my head I may be numberless, I may be innocent I may know many things, I may be ignorant Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's crimes Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief I've kept this single faith I have but one belief I still love you I still want you A thousand times these mysteries unfold themselves Like galaxies in my head On and on the mysteries unwind themselves Eternities still unsaid 'Till you love me Fm Bbsus2 Gmb5 |-1|--|--|-1|-1|-1| |--|-1|--|--|-1|-1| |--|--|--|--|-1|-1| |--|--|--|--|--|--| |--|--|--|--|--|--| |--|--|--|--|--|--| |--|-3|-3|--|--|--| |--|--|-3|-3|--|--| |-3|--|-3|-3|--|--| |--|--|--|--|--|--| |--|--|--|--|--|--| |--|--|--|--|--|--| *This transcript is still being worked on for accuracy. Maybe someone else will have the time to take this framework and correct the errors(') - JL