Verse 1:
EmF#mBm
She was a tempest
Her beauty a storm
G#mAE
Oh her eyes they were filled with the sun
C#mDA#
She would dance while I played her my songs
GmAmBEm
The earth stood while she danced alone
Verse 2:
Bm
He was a tempest
His craving a storm
BAG
He lusted her body from deep in the grove
C#m
Enraptured or captured
D
Betrayed or betrothed
GmAm
She would be his
BEm
She’d be his alone
Chorus:
EmGF#mD
So she ran, oh she ran from the satyr’s chase
GC#F#
She ran for her love and her life
G
She tred on a snake
F#mECAmG#mG
Venom replaced both the beat of her heart and the song in mine
GEBEm
The beat of her heart and the song in mine
Verse 3:
EmF#mBm
The music was morning
A requiem cry
D#mBEm
I wept with my songs for the love of my life
C#mAD
It broke all the hearts of the gods in the skies
CF#mEm
I played my guitar and the earth opened wide
Bridge:
CDEm
How I played, oh I played in the underworld
CF#mB
Oh, I played for my love and her life
CD
Oh, I pled with the gods
Em
Give her back
FE
Give a beat to her heart and a song to mine
A#Em
The beat of her heart and the song in mine
Verse 4:
EmF#mBm
Hades responded, a glint in his eye
B
I grant you your plea
Em
You may leave with your wife
CA
With one small request
DA#
I suggest you obey
GAmBEm
You mustn’t look back as you walk away
Chorus:
AGF#mE
So we ran oh we ran to the dawning light
GC#F#
Oh we ran for our love and our lives
GABmEmAm
Once again I would hear the sweet sound of the beat of her heart
G#mG
And the song in mine
FEmBEm
The beat of her heart and the song in mine
Verse 5:
C
My mind was a tempest
My doubt was a storm
G#m
I turned back to see
AE
She really had come
C#m
Just as our eyes met
DA#
She faded from sight
GmAmBEm
That’s when I knew I would never find
FGDmEm
The beat of her heart or the song in mine
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