Patterns Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A]

[Verse 1]
The night [A]sets [Am]softly
With the hush of falling [C]leaves[Am]
[A]Casting shivering shad[Em]ows
[E]On [G]the houses through the [Gm]trees
And [Am]the light from a street lamp
Paints a pattern on my [C]wall[Em]
Like [Am]the pieces of a[Gm] puzzle
[F]Or [G]a child's uneven [Am]scrawl
[A][Am][Em][C][Em]

[Verse 2]
Up a nar[A]row flight of stairs
In a nar[Am]row [C]little r[Am]oom
[Em]As I lie upon my bed
In [A]the early even[Gm]ing gloom
[G]Impaled [Am]on my wa[A]ll
[Am]My eyes can dimly see[C][Am]
The pattern [A]of [Am]my li[Gm]fe
And [F]the puzzle [Gm]that [G]is
[Am]me
[Em][C]

[Verse 3]
[Em][D]
[Em]From the mo[Am]ment of [Em]my birth
[Am]To the instant of my [C]death[Am]
There [A]are patterns I must follow
Just [Am]as I must breathe e[Em]ach br[Gm]eath[G]
Like [Em]a rat [A]in a maze[E]
[Am]The path before me l[C]ies[Am]
[Em]And the [Am]pattern never alte[Gm]rs
Un[F]til [Gm]the rat [Am]dies
[C][Gm]

[Verse 4]
[G][A]
[Em]The[Am][D][Esus4][Em][Esus4][A][E][A]
[Em][E][A][E][A][E]
pat[Am]tern still remains
On the wall where darkness [C]fell[Am]
And it's fitting that it should
For in darkness I must [G]dwell
[Gm]Like the c[G]olor o[Am]f my skin[A][Am]
Or the day that I grow [C]old[Am]
My life [A]is made [Am]of patterns
[Gm]That can scarc[F]ely be c[Gm]ontrolled

[Outro 1]
[Am]
[A]