David Sylvian

David Sylvian - When Poets Dreamed Of Angels guitar tab

When Poets Dreamed Of Angels (David Sylvian)

Tuning: standard (EADGHE)

I found some live version of the song so I got the chords for the song figured out quite

There might still be a few mistakes though.

Chords used:

Fmaj7-5 Em A Am Bm F G Edim7 Gm7 Am(2) Bbmaj7 Fm7 G# A# Dsus2

--0------0--0--0--2--1--3--3-----3---5-----1------1---4--6---0-----|

--0------0--2--1--3--1--3--2-----3---5-----3------1---4--6---3-----|

--2------0--2--2--4--2--0--3-----3---5-----2------1---5--7---2-----|

--3------2--2--2--4--3--0--2-----3---7-----3------1---6--8---0-----|

--3------2--0--0--2--3--2--------5---7-----1------3---6--8---------|

--1------0-----------1--3--------3---5------------1---4--6---------|

Well here's how I play the intro part of the song. At some point a second guitar comes

to mix it up, but here's my one-guitar version.

Intro:

---------------------------------------------------------------------|

-(12)-(7)-15-15-15p12------------------------------------------------|

-(12)-(7)-------------11-11h12p11----11-12-14-11---------------------|

-(12)-(7)-------------------------14-------------12----12/14---------|

-(12)-----------------------------------------------14---------------|

-(12)----------------------------------------------------------------|

----------------(7)--------------------------------------------------|

----------------(7)-------------(7)----------------------------------|

----------------(7)--------------------------------------------------|

-10p9-------9-7-------------(5)---------5---10-10-10p9-7-5-7/9-7-----|

------10h12-------------(5)-----------9------------------------------|

--------------------(7)-------------7-----8--------------------------|

---------------------------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------------(5)-----------------|

---------------------------7h9-9-------------(5)---------------------|

-9-------------------7/9-----------------(5)-------------------------|

---10-9---9-10-9---------------------(5)-----------------------------|

--------7--------7---------------(7)---------------------------------|

And then:

Em, Fmaj7-5, Em, Fmaj7-5, Em, A

Verse:

Fmaj7-5 Em Fmaj7-5

She rises early from bed, runs to the mirror.

Em A Am Bm Em

The bruises inflicted in moments of fury.

Fmaj7-5 Em Fmaj7-5

He kneels beside her once more, whispers of promise

Em A Am Bm Em

"Next time I'll break every bone in your body.".

F G A

And the well-wishers let the devil in.

F G A

And if the river ran dry they'd deny it happening.

Bridge:

Edim F Edim F

As the card players steal their hands from the bottom of the deck.

Am G Gm7 Am

Row upon row of feudal houses blown away.

Bbmaj7 Fm7 Gm7 G# A#

Medicine for the popular complaint.

Chorus:

Em Fmaj7-5 Em

When the poets dreamed of angels, what did they see?

A Am Dsus2 Fmaj7-5

History lined up in a flash on their backs.

Em Fmaj7-5 Em

When the poets dreamed of angels, what did they see?

A Am Dsus2 Fmaj7-5

The Bishops and knights well placed to attack.

Now it should be quite close to how it's played. At least this is how he played the

at one live show I watched. Not completely sure about the Bm there, but I think it is it.

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