Chords for Daniel Lanois - The Messenger

_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Dm] Got a letter [Eb] from a _ [F] messenger, _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ read it [Eb] when it _ _ came.
[Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Said that [Eb] you were _ [F] wanted, _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Bb] you were [Eb] bound and chained.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ You had loved and [Eb] you were _ handled.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ You were poisoned, [F] you were _ _ _ [Gb] pained. _ [G] Unknown, _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] unknown.
_ You [F] were naked, you [Bb] were _ _ _ [Eb] shamed.
_ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ You [Dm] could _ almost [Eb] touch _ [F] heaven _ _ _ [G] _
right _ _ [Bb] there in [Eb] front of _ you.
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ Liberty just slipped [Eb]
away on [F] _ us.
_ [Gm] _
_ Now [Bb] there's so much work [Eb] to _ do.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ Oh, the door that closes [Eb] _
_ _ tightly _ _ [Bb] _ _
is a door that can't [F] swing _ wide.
[Gb] _ _ Oh, [G]
no.
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ Oh, [Eb] no.
_ Not [F] expecting to [Bb]
collide.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ For a minute, [Eb] I let my guard _ down.
_ _ Not afraid to be [Bb]
found _ out. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Completely forgotten _ _ _ [C] _
what _ our fears were all [Bb] _
_ _ about.
_ Oh, [Gm] no.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, _ [Eb]
no.
There's [F] no need to be [Bb] _
without.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Dm] There's a chance I [Eb]
will _ [F] take _ it. _
[Gm] _ This [Bb] _ desire [Eb] I can't give.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Take [Dm] my heart, [Eb] please don't _ break [F] it. _ _
[Gm] _ I [Bb] will crawl to [Eb] your _ foothills.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ I'm frightened, [Eb] but I'm _ coming.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Please, baby, please [F] stay _ still.
[Gb] _ _ Oh, [G] no.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, [Eb]
no.
_ [F] Not coming [Bb] for the kill.
_ _ _ Oh, [Gm] no.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Oh, [Eb]
no.
_ [F] Not coming for [Bb] the kill.
_ _ Oh, [G] no.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ Oh, [Eb] no.
Not [F] _ coming for [Bb] the kill.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _