Sophia
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Intro
F G F G
[Verso 1]
F G
Five o'clock in the fire escape symphony
F G
Spilling out across the road on the square
F G
And the skies that sing when you wrote you think of me
F G
To the parks and trees and the leaves reach you there
C Gm7
After the rain in the lonely hours
F Ab Bb Ab Bb
He haunts me, calling out, again and again
F C
Sophia, Sophia
Am G
I'm burning, I'm burning
F C Am G
It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out
F C Am G F
It's a fire, it's a fire I'm burning there's some things I can't go without
Ab Bb
And one of them is him
[Verso 2]
F G
Now I walk the streets like a stranger in my hometown
F G
Let the language form the words when I speak
F G
But he changed me out this ghosts since he came around
F G
Now I count the hours and the days in the weeks
C
Passion and silence
Gm7 F
Every word and every line, I measure
Ab Bb C
It's the science of the soul
Gm7 F
And its words debreath the reason
Ab Bb Ab Bb
And now I wanna know
F C
Sophia, Sophia
Am G
I'm burning, I'm burning
F C Am G
It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out
F C Am G F
It's a fire, it's a fire I'm burning there's some things I can't go without
Ab Bb
F C
And you with your new born eyes
Gm
Have you ever loved a man
C
Like I loved him
F C
Do you hurt, but still feel alive
Am G
Like never before
F F
Oh Sophia... Sophia
F C
Sophia, Sophia
Am G
I'm burning, I'm burning
F C Am G
It's a fire, a fire I cannot put out
F C Am G F
It's a fire, it's a fire I'm burning there's some things I can't go without
Ab Bb
F Ab Bb C
I can't go without him...
How to play Sophia
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is F. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.