David Sylvian - Orpheus guitar tab

As I have neither guitar nor cassette nearby, both the chords and lyrics

may be a bit off.

Perhaps some kind sould could clean up any errors and send it on to OLGA,

if it doesn't yet exist there... .

ORPHEUS

by David Sylvian

From the Album: "Secrets of the Beehive"

Introduction: E-C-A-F (the C and A may be in reverse order, sorry)

E

Standing here on this stony ground

C

The wind blows hot, pulls these clothes around

A

I harbour all the same worries as most

F

The temptation to leave or to give up the ghost

D

I wrestle with an outlook on life

G

That shifts between darkness and shadowy light

C

I struggle with words, for fear that they'll hear

Bb A

But Orpheus sleeps on his back, still dead to the world

Verse 2: (same chords)

Sunlight falls, my wings open wide

There's a beauty here that I cannot deny

In bottles that tumble and crash on the stairs

Just so many people I knew never cared

Down below on the wreck of the ship

There's a stronghold of pleasures I couldn't regret

But the baggage is swallowed up by the tide

As Orpheus keeps to his promise and stays by my side

Bridge:

Am G

Tell me - I'd still love to learn

Am G

Understand - These fires never die

Am G

Believe me - When this joke is tired of laughing

Am D F G

I will be - the promise of my Orpheus' singing

Intro (x2)

Verse 3:

Asleep as sleepers we row the boat

Just you, the weather, and I gave up hope

But all of the hurdles that fell in our lives

Were fuel for the fire and straw for our backs

Still the voices of stories to tell

Of the power struggles of heaven and hell

But we feel secure again, such mighty dreams

As Orpheus sings of the promise tomorrow may bring.

(Bridge)

--

Jonathan A. Singer | | "I'd rather that a bigot mistake me|

jsinger@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca | | for a lesbian than that a lesbian |

University of Western Ontario | | mistake me for a bigot." |

Centre for Theory + Criticism | | - Tovah Hollander |