The Messenger Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][F][G][C][Am][C][F][Am]

[Verse 1]
Got [Am]a
letter [F]from a [G]messenger[Am]
[C]I read it when it [F]came[Am]
It said that [F]you were [G]wounded,[Am]
[C]You were bound and [F]chained

[Verse 2]
[C]
You had loved and you were [F]handled[C]
You were poisoned, you were [G]pained
Oh [Am]no, o[F]h no
You were [Gsus4]naked,

[Interlude 1]
you were shamed
[C][E][Am]

[Verse 3]
You could [E]almost [Em]touch heave[F]n
[Gsus4]Right[G][Am]
[C]there in front of [F]you
[Am]Liberty ju[Em]st slipped away[F]
on [Gsus4]us[G][Am]
Now there's [C]so much work to [F]do

[Verse 4]
[C]
Oh the door that closes [F]tightly[C]
Is the door that can swing [G]wide
Oh [Am]no, oh [F]no
Not ex[G]pecting to col[C]lide

[Verse 5]
[C]
For a minute I let [F]my guard down
Not afraid to be found [C]out
Completely for[F]gotten[Dm]
What our fears were all about
[C]

[Verse 6]
Oh [Am]no, o[E]h [F]no
There's no [Gsus4]need to be without

[Interlude 2]
[C][Am][E][F][G][Am]
[C][F][Am][Em][F][G][Am][C][F][Am]

[Verse 7]
There's a [E]chance an[Esus4]d I
will [F]take [G]it[Am]
This de[C]sire I can't [F]kill[Am]
Take my [Esus4]heart,
please don't [F]break [G]it[Am]
I will [C]crawl to your foot[F]hill

[Verse 8]
[C]
I'm frightened but I'm [F]coming,[C]
Please baby, please [G]lay still
[E]Oh [Am]no, o[C]h [F]no
Not [Gsus4]coming for the ki[C]ll
Oh [Am]no, oh [F]no
Not [G]coming [Gsus4]for the kill[C]
Oh [F]no, oh [Dm]no
Not coming [G]for the [C]kill

[Outro 1]
[C][G][Am][E][F][G][Am][C][F][G][Am][E][F][G][Am]
[C][F][Am][Esus4][F][G][Am][C][F][Am][Esus4][F][G]
[Am][F][Am][E]