Chords for The Sphinx

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I wish I could be like the king, who said to [C] his people, my friends,
_ this is now the end, if we lose it but, we shall live [G] forever.
_ _ _ _ People of [Dm] the sun will remember this day, and give us [Am] _ immortality,
_ _ long [G] after I go, _ _ _ long after [Am] I'm sun. _ _ _ _ _ _
I want to be like this king, but I can't stand [C] the pain, my friends,
_ and I keep looking for all the faces I had, before the world [G] began.
_ _ _ _ I've only known [Dm] desire, and my poor soul will burn in true [Am] eternal fire,
_ _ _ and I can't [G] even cry, _ _ _ a Sphinx can [Am] never cry.
_ _ I am standing in [F] the sun, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I wish that I could be a silent Sphinx [C] eternally. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] I don't want any past, only more things which cannot [C] last,
_ _ _ and I can't [Em] even cry, _ _ [G] _ regardless how [Am] I try.
_ _ [G] _ A Sphinx can [F] never cry, _ _ [Em] _ and Sphinxes [Am] never die, _ _ _ _ _
like famous or un-famous, it doesn't matter [C] much anyway.
_ _ Only words of love, or painfully true, I've heard it all [G] before.
_ _ _ A prayer [Dm] or critics, or _ apologists, conversation [Am] needs,
_ _ _ a woman [G] or a priest, _ _ _ it's all the point [Am] of view.
_ _ _ I am standing in [F] the sun, I _ _ _ _ wish that I could be a silent Sphinx [C] eternally. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] I don't want any past, only more things which [C] cannot last,
_ _ _ and I can't [Em] even cry, _ _ [G] a Sphinx can [Am] never cry.
_ _ [G] _ A Sphinx [F] cannot die, _ _ [Em] _ a Sphinx can never [Am] cry. _ _ _ _ _ _