Chords for Martin Smith - Iron Lung (Official Video)

Usually when you're recording a record, there's always one song that comes late in the day.
You know, like way later than everything else, like an 11th hour song.
And this song, Iron Lung,
was that thing. _ _
I'd been thinking for a while about the whole theme of the record, about breath
and the wonder of everything.
Just being sort of a bit more childlike about _ everything, faith, hope,
_ my life.
And I was reminded of a story that my mum told me quite a few years back now.
And I've
forgotten it, but _ it was the fact that when I was six months old, _ I contracted bronchopneumonia.
_ And they whisked me into hospital.
And apparently I was nearly going to die.
And I was lifeless.
And
my mum and dad were freaking out.
_ And _ apparently they put me in an oxygen tent,
which is sort of like an iron lung, like an artificial breathing device.
And while I was in
there, my mum and dad prayed this pretty audacious prayer.
_ Something like, look God, if _ you let this
little boy make a noise again, we'll give him back to you.
So that's quite a major
thing for parents to pray.
I mean, _ _ we've got six of our own kids and the thought of sort of
handing them back to someone else is like outrageous.
But there they were stood in the
hospital saying, okay, God, you know, you can have him back if you can save his life.
_ _ _ So unbeknownst to me, that's what they prayed.
And I must have felt that.
And,
_ you know, I started making a noise _ and I probably haven't stopped making a noise all these years later. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F#m] Oh, _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ my _ _ _
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_ _ [A] _ _ mother prayed [C#m] I'd make a noise.
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_ _ [A] _ If you do this for me, then you can have my [G#m] son back.
[A] _ My father _ made a deal with God _ [G#m] and _ _ [A] _ _ then he left me stranded in the arms [G#m] of _ love.
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_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ And
you'll take my breath [B] _ away. _ _ _
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_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ Cause you were singing [B] _ songs
That someday I would [A] sing
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Someday I would [A] sing _ _ _ _ _
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There's [A] a heartbeat
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There's a heartbeat
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There's [A] a heartbeat _ _ _ _
Can you hear it?
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You're [A] the heartbeat
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Can you hear it?
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[E] I can feel it
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I can feel [A] it _ _ _
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Wooo! _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ And I heard the sound of your voice
[A] _ I felt the breath in my [F#] lungs
I felt the joy in my bones
And I [A] started to sing
I started to [E] sing _
_ I felt the wonder of love
_ _ I knew the kindness of God
[G#m] I drunk with angels above
[A] And I started to sing
I started to sing for you
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_ I started to sing for [G#m] you
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_ _ _ felt the love of your voice
[A] I _ felt the breath in my lungs
[G#m] _ I felt the joy in my bones
And I [A] started to sing
I started to sing for you
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I started to sing for you [G#m] Wooo! _ _
_ _ _ Wooo!
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_ Wooo!
Wooo!
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