Sordid Affair
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[Intro ]
F#
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Riff
F# D#m Bbm Ab
e--9----------|--11-----------|--13-9---------|--11-9-8----|
b----11-7-----|------11-7-----|--------13-11--|---------9--|
g---------10--|-----------10--|---------------|------------|
d-------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
a-------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
e-------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
Intro
F# D#m Bbm Ab
F# D#m Bbm Ab
Verso
F# D#m
There was a time, dark and divine,
Bbm Ab
Exciting and new, shameful untrue
F# D#m
Free to explore, we had it all.
Bbm Ab
Towering trust, insatiable lust
[Refrão]
F# D#m
Clouding the truth both of us knew
Bbm Ab
This sordid affair is ending in tears
F# D#m
Yes we must go on, knowing the wrong
Bbm Ab
Hunting the day it was taken away
Bridge
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F# D#m Bbm Ab
e--9----------|--11-----------|--13-9---------|--11-9-8----|
b----11-7-----|------11-7-----|--------13-11--|---------9--|
g---------10--|-----------10--|---------------|------------|
d-------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
a-------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
e-------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
F# D#m Bbm Ab
Bridge
F# D#m Bbm Ab
Oh, all our love; fell down to Earth.
F# D#m Bbm Ab
Here, broken and cold, with great remorse
Verso
F#
Before a while it all made sense
D#m
It might have been just a dark pretence
Bbm
But you had me
Ab
And I left it
Verso
F#
To be with you, to be the one,
D#m
To live a lie
Bbm
It really got me all excited.
Ab
I felt wanted
Verso
F# D#m
Then in the dark a sorrowing sigh
Bbm Ab
Was taken away. Deliverance came
F# D#m
Fell from the sky. Heaven replied
Bbm Ab
Salvation in strings, silent and clean.
Verso
F# D#m
All that we were, all that we knew
Bbm Ab
Faded away with tears in the rain.
F# D#m
Yes all that we were, all that we knew
Bbm Ab
Is fading away like tears in the rain.
Outro
F# D#m
All that we were all that we knew
Bbm Ab
Fading away
F# D#m
All that we were all that we knew
Bbm Ab
Fading away
Outro
F# D#m Bbm Ab
F# D#m Bbm Ab
How to play Sordid Affair
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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.