A collection of lyrics and chords
for the music of James Grant

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Before She Shot The Arrow

Lyrics and Chords

INTRO ;  Amin     Emin    D
Amin                                         Emin                       D

I’ve been sleeping in the shallows, too long

Amin                                         Emin               D

In the shadow of the gallows, too long

F#min7                                                 G

Now the time has come, well, I must say

F#min7                                 G              A               Amin     Emin    D

I’m not happy, but I’m not afraid

Amin                                  Emin                       D

I veered between resolve and despair

Amin                          Emin                       D

Praying to a saviour that was never there

F#min7                                                 G

And the last thing that my body needs

F#min7                                 G              A

Is one more eleventh hour reprieve

Bmin                                    F#min7

Before she shot the arrow

Bmin                         F#min7

I was aimed this way

Bmin                 A                                        G

Seen the black flag rise a thousand times

Amin                         G        D

All the people walk away

SOLO Chords ; D       Amin     G  x  2  F#min7  G  F#min7   G   A
Amin                                    Emin               D

The darkening sky is riven and rent

Amin                                      Emin               D

There is nothing left now, but the punishment

F#min7                                                 G

I know that there’s no place above

F#min7                                           G              A

For the victims of the vagaries of love

Bmin                                    F#min7

Before she shot the arrow

Bmin                         F#min7

I was aimed this way

Bmin                 A                                        G

Seen the black flag rise a thousand times

Amin                         G        Bmin            F#min7

All the people walk away

Bmin            F#min7

Away

Bmin       A      G     Amin    G
Amin    Emin    D  x 2
D          Amin        G   x   4      Amin

Lyrics

I’ve been sleeping in the shallows, too long
In the shadow of the gallows, too long
Now the time has come, well, I must say
I’m not happy, but I’m not afraid

I veered between resolve and despair
Praying to a saviour that was never there
And the last thing that my body needs
Is one more eleventh hour reprieve

Before she shot the arrow
I was aimed this way
Seen the black flag rise a thousand times
All the people walk away

The darkening sky is riven and rent
There is nothing left now, but the punishment
I know that there’s no place above
For the victims of the vagaries of love

Before she shot the arrow
I was aimed this way
Seen the black flag rise a thousand times
All the people walk away

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