Slippery Stairs Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][A5][Em][G][A5][Em][G][A5][Em][G][Am]
[Bm][Em][Bm][G][A][F#m][Em][F#m][C]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
"Wake up [G]Abigail",
[Em]midday, Henr[D]y was at h[A]er d[A5]oor[Em]
The [G]Count would not [Em]rise [D]'til the af
[A]ternoon [B]and lun[G]ch was for two[C#m]
So they [C5]talked about [C#m]Miri am and
then [B]Abigail [A]said:[G#m]
"What about [G]Little [G#m]One?"
[Em]Henry froze: "Oh, you [F#m]mean our ghost?"

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Am][Em][G]
[Am][Em][G][Am][Em][G][A5][Em][G][Em][G][B]

[Verse 2]
"Downstairs on the [B]lowest
[A5]floor[Em][Bm]
That's where you will
find THE [G]DOOR[A5]
[F#m]Beyond which there ware slippery stairs[Em]
[F#m]Leading down to the crypt[C5][Em]

[Verse 3]
And [G]Little [Am]One s[G]leep[Em]s
there [D]during the [A]day[A5][Em]
But at [G]night she'll rise,
[Em]sear[D]ching for [A]her Mom[Bm]
[G]Don[C#m]'t you ever go there [B#5]at night,[C#m]
it's a [B]sinister [A]place[A5][G#m]
There's so much [G]pain, [G5]so much deat[G#m]h,
so [B]much [Em]nothing[F#m]ness"

[Interlude 2]
[F#m][Em][F#m][B#5][F#m][Em][F#m][C5][C][D]
[Em][C][D][Em]

[Verse 4]
When night time [Em]came [Bb]on the second
day and dinner it was [Em]done[Bb]
Jonathan's headache it was [Em]gone
[D#]"Miri[Bbm] am pl[G5]ease [Em]take[D] my hand",[C#m]
[F#m]then his mood r[A]eally[G#m] change[A5]d[B][Em][G#m]
[C#m]"Time is right to produce [B]an heir"

[Interlude 3]
[Em][G#m][F#m][F#][G#m]
[F#][B][F#][D#m][Em][C#m][D][C#m][B][G#m]
[F#m][F#][C#m]

[Verse 5]
Playing along [C#m]with his eerie game she
followed him up [B]the stair[G#m] s
[G5]Up t[G#m]o a room whe[Bb]re[Bbm][B]
love they would [C#m]share[B][G#m]
To a [Bbm]room that s[B]melled as if M[D#]iria[Em]m was sti[C#m]ll
in [D#]there

[Interlude 4]
[D#][D#m][B][Bm][A][Em][Bm][G][A][F#m]

[Verse 6]
Jonathan was a [F#m]hideous [Em]sight
[F#m]So Abigail she hilled the
candle[C5]light[Em]
What [G]was [A]to com[G]e,
[Em]should have neve[D]r been done[A][Em]
She was [G]blocking [Am]her m[G]ind[Em]
from his [D]awful [A]thing[B][G][C#m]
In her [B#m]mind his moaning bec[C#m]ame
Nothing but [B]falling [A]on slippery [G#m]stairs
Falling and [G]crying, crawling and dy[G#m]ing
At the [Em]end of the [F#m]stairs[Em]

[Verse 7]
Her eyes turned [Em]black in dis[G]gust
[Am]Hati[Em]ng him more
with every [G]thrust[A]
[Em]And then it was over before
it [G]begun[A][Em]
He was [Am]done [Em]oh what a ma[G]n[A][G]
The [D]only time

[Verse 8]
[A]he would cal[Em]l her[F#m] MINE