The Traitor Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D]
[G][C]

[Verse 1]
Now [G]the swan
[C]it floated on the English riv[G]er
[D]Ah, [G]the rose of high roman[C]ce,
it opene[G]d wide
A [B]sun tanned woman [Em]yearned me
through [C]the [G]summer
And the [D]judges watched
us [C]from the other side
[G]

[Verse 2]
I told my mother, [C]"Mother,
I must [G]leave you
Preserve my room [C]but do not shed [G]a t[A]ear
[C]Should rum[B]or of a s[Em]habby
[C]ending reach you[G]
It was [D]half my [C]fault and half
the atmo[G]sphere"

[Verse 3]
But [G]the rose I [C]sickene
d with a scarlet [G]fever
And the swan I [C]tempted with
a sense of [G]shame
She said at [B]last I [Em]was her f[C]inest [G]lover
And [A]if she withered I would be to blame
[D]

[Verse 4]
The [G]judges said,
[C]"You missed it by a [G]fraction
Rise up and brace your
[C]troops for the [G]attack"
[B]Ah, the dreamers ride [Em]against
[C]the men of [G]action
Oh, [D]see the men of [C]action falling [G]back

[Verse 5]
But I [G]lingered on her [C]thighs, a fatal mo[G]ment
I kissed her lips as [C]though I [G]thirsted still
My [B]falsity had [Em]stung [C]me
like [G]a hornet
[D]The poison sank and [C]it
paralyzed [G]my will

[Verse 6]
I could [G]not move to [C]warn all
the younger [G]soldiers
That they had been deser[C]ted from [G]above
So [B]on battlefields [Em]from
here [C]to [G]Barcelona
I'm [D]listed [A]with the enemies

[Interlude 1]
of love
[D]

[Verse 7]
[G]And long ago [C]she said,
"I must [G]be leaving
Ah, but keep my [C]body here to lie [G]upon
You can [B]move it up an[Em]d down
and [C]when I'm [G]sleeping
Run [D]some wire through that
[C]rose [G]and wind the swan"

[Verse 8]
So [G]daily I re[C]new my idle [G]duty
I touch her here and [C]there, I know my [G]place
I [B]kiss her [Em]open mouth an
[C]d I praise her beau[G]ty
And [D]people call me [C]traitor to my [G]face

[Outro 1]
[G][C][G][C]
[G][B][Em][C][G][D][C][G]
[D][C][C][Gm][G]