Chords for 'THE PICTURE ON THE WALL'- 1864- Performed by Tom Roush
Tempo:
119.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
G
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [G]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C]
[F] Tis noon of night, the [Bb] sable clouds [G] hang weeping [C] in the sky.
[F] Alone I sit, where [Bb] fancies split, [G] like spectral [C] shadows by me.
[Dm] Thinks I see [A] familiar forms, [Bb] and on [C] before them all,
so fair, [F] so calm, so [Bb] wondrous like, wondrous [C] like the picture [F] on the wall.
Among [Dm] the brave and [A] loyal, [Bb] how many loved [C] ones fall,
whose friends [F] bereft have [Bb] only left, only [C] left a picture [F] on the wall.
[Bb] [G]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C]
[F] I hear the press of [Bb] eager feet, [G] upon my [C] parlor floor,
a [F] moment in my [Bb] willing arms, [G] in clasp my boy [C] once more.
I feel [D] his warm [Dm]
breath on [A] my cheek, but [Bb] when his name [C] I call,
a [F] shadowy finger points [Bb] to me, points me to [C] his picture [F] on the wall.
Among [Dm] the brave and [A] loyal, [Bb] how many loved ones [C] fall,
whose friends [F] bereft have [Bb] only left, only left [C] a picture [F] on the wall.
[Bb] [G]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C]
[F] [D] The [G] moon's full radiance [C] struggles through, and [A] lights my room [D] once more.
Thy [G] shall have no [C] heart of mine, [A] thy seeming loss [D] restored.
Its light [Em] shall give the [B] present gloom, and [C] sweeter [D] spells and brawl,
than that [G] which binds me to [C] this sweet, to this sweet [D] true picture [G] on the wall.
Among [Em] the brave and [B] loyal, [C] how many loved ones [D] fall,
whose friends [G] bereft have [C] only left, only left [D] a picture [G] on the wall.
Among [Em] the brave and [B] loyal, [C] how many loved ones [D] fall,
whose friends [G] bereft have [C] only left, only left [D] a picture [G] on the wall.
[C] [D]
[G]
[N]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C]
[F] Tis noon of night, the [Bb] sable clouds [G] hang weeping [C] in the sky.
[F] Alone I sit, where [Bb] fancies split, [G] like spectral [C] shadows by me.
[Dm] Thinks I see [A] familiar forms, [Bb] and on [C] before them all,
so fair, [F] so calm, so [Bb] wondrous like, wondrous [C] like the picture [F] on the wall.
Among [Dm] the brave and [A] loyal, [Bb] how many loved [C] ones fall,
whose friends [F] bereft have [Bb] only left, only [C] left a picture [F] on the wall.
[Bb] [G]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C]
[F] I hear the press of [Bb] eager feet, [G] upon my [C] parlor floor,
a [F] moment in my [Bb] willing arms, [G] in clasp my boy [C] once more.
I feel [D] his warm [Dm]
breath on [A] my cheek, but [Bb] when his name [C] I call,
a [F] shadowy finger points [Bb] to me, points me to [C] his picture [F] on the wall.
Among [Dm] the brave and [A] loyal, [Bb] how many loved ones [C] fall,
whose friends [F] bereft have [Bb] only left, only left [C] a picture [F] on the wall.
[Bb] [G]
[C] [F]
[Bb] [C]
[F] [D] The [G] moon's full radiance [C] struggles through, and [A] lights my room [D] once more.
Thy [G] shall have no [C] heart of mine, [A] thy seeming loss [D] restored.
Its light [Em] shall give the [B] present gloom, and [C] sweeter [D] spells and brawl,
than that [G] which binds me to [C] this sweet, to this sweet [D] true picture [G] on the wall.
Among [Em] the brave and [B] loyal, [C] how many loved ones [D] fall,
whose friends [G] bereft have [C] only left, only left [D] a picture [G] on the wall.
Among [Em] the brave and [B] loyal, [C] how many loved ones [D] fall,
whose friends [G] bereft have [C] only left, only left [D] a picture [G] on the wall.
[C] [D]
[G]
[N]
Key:
C
Bb
G
F
D
C
Bb
G
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ Tis noon of night, the [Bb] sable clouds [G] hang _ weeping [C] in the sky.
[F] Alone I sit, where [Bb] fancies split, _ [G] like _ spectral [C] shadows by me.
[Dm] Thinks I see [A] familiar forms, [Bb] and on [C] before them all,
so fair, [F] so calm, so [Bb] wondrous like, wondrous [C] like the _ picture [F] on the wall.
Among [Dm] the brave and [A] loyal, _ _ [Bb] how many loved [C] ones fall,
whose friends [F] _ bereft have [Bb] only left, only [C] left a picture [F] on the wall. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ I hear the press of [Bb] eager feet, _ _ [G] upon my [C] parlor floor,
a [F] moment in my [Bb] willing arms, [G] in clasp my boy [C] once more.
I feel [D] his warm [Dm]
breath on [A] my cheek, but [Bb] when his name [C] I call,
a [F] shadowy finger points [Bb] to me, points me to [C] his _ picture [F] on the wall.
Among [Dm] the brave and [A] loyal, _ _ [Bb] how many loved ones [C] fall,
whose friends [F] _ bereft have [Bb] only left, only left [C] a picture [F] on the wall. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ The [G] moon's full _ radiance [C] struggles through, and [A] _ lights my room [D] once more.
Thy [G] shall have no [C] heart of mine, _ [A] thy _ seeming loss [D] restored.
Its light [Em] shall give the [B] present gloom, and [C] _ sweeter [D] spells and brawl,
than that [G] which binds me to [C] this sweet, to this sweet [D] true picture [G] on the wall.
Among [Em] the brave and [B] loyal, _ _ [C] how many loved ones [D] fall,
whose friends [G] bereft have [C] only left, only left [D] a picture [G] on the wall.
Among [Em] the brave and [B] loyal, _ _ [C] how many loved ones [D] fall,
whose friends [G] bereft have [C] only left, only left [D] a picture [G] on the wall. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ Tis noon of night, the [Bb] sable clouds [G] hang _ weeping [C] in the sky.
[F] Alone I sit, where [Bb] fancies split, _ [G] like _ spectral [C] shadows by me.
[Dm] Thinks I see [A] familiar forms, [Bb] and on [C] before them all,
so fair, [F] so calm, so [Bb] wondrous like, wondrous [C] like the _ picture [F] on the wall.
Among [Dm] the brave and [A] loyal, _ _ [Bb] how many loved [C] ones fall,
whose friends [F] _ bereft have [Bb] only left, only [C] left a picture [F] on the wall. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ I hear the press of [Bb] eager feet, _ _ [G] upon my [C] parlor floor,
a [F] moment in my [Bb] willing arms, [G] in clasp my boy [C] once more.
I feel [D] his warm [Dm]
breath on [A] my cheek, but [Bb] when his name [C] I call,
a [F] shadowy finger points [Bb] to me, points me to [C] his _ picture [F] on the wall.
Among [Dm] the brave and [A] loyal, _ _ [Bb] how many loved ones [C] fall,
whose friends [F] _ bereft have [Bb] only left, only left [C] a picture [F] on the wall. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ The [G] moon's full _ radiance [C] struggles through, and [A] _ lights my room [D] once more.
Thy [G] shall have no [C] heart of mine, _ [A] thy _ seeming loss [D] restored.
Its light [Em] shall give the [B] present gloom, and [C] _ sweeter [D] spells and brawl,
than that [G] which binds me to [C] this sweet, to this sweet [D] true picture [G] on the wall.
Among [Em] the brave and [B] loyal, _ _ [C] how many loved ones [D] fall,
whose friends [G] bereft have [C] only left, only left [D] a picture [G] on the wall.
Among [Em] the brave and [B] loyal, _ _ [C] how many loved ones [D] fall,
whose friends [G] bereft have [C] only left, only left [D] a picture [G] on the wall. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _