The Bridge Chords by Scott Walker

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I've watched her from [G] the _ _ riverbanks [Dm] I knew her when [Em] she danced with dreams
[Bb] White doves were there to [Am] dress her hair _ And [Bb] so _ was [E] _
Madelaine
_ At [Am] _
night the [G] people's faces _ danced [Dm] Like _ _ pearls colliding [Em]
on the breasts
_ [Bb] Of Fat Marie, _ _ [F] whose [Am] thunder laugh _ _ Was just a [E] thread _ [Am] from cry
_ Her _ _
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sailors _ stained [Em] her _ cobblestones With [F]
wine [Em] and piss and [F]
death's [Em] desire
And [F] _
sometimes blood [Em] for _ Madelaine Whose [Bb]
laughter _ _ was [E] the night
_ Her [A]
girls would _ lift their [G]
dresses high And [D]
[C] breathe the stars and [D] kiss [G] the sky
[C] _ [A] She'd smother _ _ [G] them with whispers then _ _ [F]
Embrace them _ with [D] her [E] sighs
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Before _ the [G] bottle dulled my eyes [Dm] And made me so [Em] I couldn't stand
[Bb] I'd overact and [Am] play the clown _ _ [Bb] When Madelaine _ [F] _ [Am] would cry
_ And [F] _
now I watch from [Em] _ _ riverbanks [F] I watch [Em] it reap [F] its _ [G] memories _ _
[F] White doves turn grey _
[Em] and flew _ away _
[E] And so [Dbm] did _ _ _ Madelaine
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