This Was Pompeii (Acoustic) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]
I am thinking about the woman
[C]in a century of peace
[G]On a bright mosaic [C]she is washing on
her knees
And she looks [G]up at the black sky
beyond the moun[C]tain tall
[G]She says, "Oh good,
the rain is [Em]finally [C]going to [Am]fall [C]tod[G]ay.[C]"[G][C]
This [Am]was P[C]ompeii.
[Am][C]

[Verse 2]
[Am]And [C]everyone[G] has memories
of the [C]night that melted stone
[G]The neighbor's nightgown,
the screaming [C]on the phone
And the [G]tired man at the station
[C]says, "We can't tell who's alive
[G]All we ever know is that the
[Em]tourists survive."
[Am]"Tra la, [C]tra [G]la," they [C]say,
[G]they say[C]
"Let's Go Pompeii."
[Am][C]

[Verse 3]
[Am]I thin[G]k about Pompeii
[C]when I feel an end is near,
Just be[G]fore the rain and every
[C]time you disappear.
And I think about a [G]teacup,
sus[C]pended and half- served.
And all the [G]scholars know is that it's
[C]perfectly [Am]preserved.[C][G]
[C]That's all they [G]say.[C]
This was Pompeii.
[Am][C][G][C]

[Verse 4]
[Dsus4]And as fo[Em]r my own kingdom,
not a table leg was charred
[G]I simple lost my kingdom [C]'cause I
held it much too hard
Once I [G]had a sadness,
the sadness [C]turned to trust
The [G]trust turned into ashes
and to [Em]lawyers and [Am]dust
A [G]century, [C]a d[G]ay[C]
[Am]This was [C]Pompeii.

[Outro 1]
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