Triple Spiral
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E A C#m B
I loved a Triple Spiral, my maiden-mother-crone
E Abm C#m B
I folded my devotion into an origami rose
C#m B E A
Stood at her Tiffany window, she said to look below
E A
Could I see the town was burning?
E A
Could I see the broken prison?
F#m B E
Could I see that it was time for me to go?
E A C#m B
They looted the museum and took all that they could hold
E Abm C#m B
A motorcade of flatbed trucks made off with quite a haul
C#m B
That’s when I heard someone shout,
E A
“In with the new! Out with the old!”
E A
A dusty box of letters
E A
A rusting suit of armor
F#m B E
A casket made of fourteen karat gold
C#m Abm
That’s the problem
C#m B
No sense of time
E Emaj7 Abm C#m A B E
She is shaped just like an hourglass there laying on her side
E A C#m B
I loved you Triple Spiral–father, son and ghost
E Abm C#m
But you left me in my darkest hour when I needed you,
B
when I needed you
C#m B E A
Now that the dream is over I want it to be known
E A
That I never saw it coming
E A
Through my little human prism
F#m B E
How sad it is to know I’m in control
C#m Abm
That’s the problem
C#m B
An empty sky
E Emaj7 Abm C#m A B E
I fill it up with everything that is missing from my life
C#m Abm
Where did you come from?
C#m B
You fated sign
E Emaj7 Abm C#m A B E
Spinning through the centuries expanding all the time
A E
Three worlds at once that blend together
A B
Three times I cried for us but I felt better then
E A C#m B
I loved you Triple Spiral, my maiden-mother-crone
E Abm C#m B
You found me in this fallow state, my mind was off and stowed
C#m B E A
I heard your strange commotion and wished I could go home
E A
To live a little longer
E A
A full Indian summer
F#m B E
Long enough to carve you into stone
E Emaj7 Abm C#m A B E
How to play Triple Spiral
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. 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.