A Hymn For The Exiled
Anaïs MitchellVersion1
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Chords in this song
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One two three four five six seven
the word came down to him from heaven
and naked as an animal, he knew:
everything of flesh and bone
he could call it all his own
if he could name it, he could lay claim to it, too
but after all the word was spoken
you sent him out into the open
all alone to make his broken promise whole again
eight nine ten eleven twelve
did you see how far he fell?
did you watch him covering his body in his shame?
and wanting you near him
though you couldnt hear him
he was falling down with your name in his mouth
a thousand thousand years pass through me
stoned on loneliness and movies
where people make their love in foreign tongues
every family locks their door
every man in uniform
reminds me of the body of my own one
i knew you before i met you
ive forgotten why i left you
all i wanna do is get back into your good grace
call you by your hundred names
till it makes you mine again
till i get my will back in this godforsaken place
i want you near me
i know you cant hear me, now
but im falling down with your name
i want you near me
i wish you could hear me, now
while im falling down with your name in my mouth
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| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Readable chord sheet for A Hymn For The Exiled by Anaïs Mitchell
e|-------------| B|-----0----1--| G|-2-----------| D|-------------| A|-------------| E|-------------| Dm One two three four five six seven the [Am]word came down to h[Dm]im from heaven and [Am]naked as an [Bb]animal, he k[Am7]new: [Am]everything of f[Dm]lesh and bone [Am]he could call it [Dm]all his own if [Am]he could name it, he could [Bb]lay claim to it, [Am7]too but [Dm]after all the w[Am]ord was spoken you [Dm]sent him out in[Am]to the open [Bb]all alone to [Dm]make his broken p[G]romise whole again [Am]eight nine ten [Dm]eleven twelve [Am]did you see how [Dm]far he fell? [Am]did you watch him c[Bb]overing his [Dm]body in his sh[G]ame? and wanting you n[Em]ear him though you couldnt [Am]hear him he was f[Dm]alling down with [G]your name in his mouth a[Am] thousand thousand [Dm]years pass through me [Am]stoned on lonelin[Dm]ess and movies where p[Am]eople make their [Bb]love in foreign tongue[Am7]s [Am]every family l[Dm]ocks their door [Am]every man in u[Dm]niform [Am]reminds me of the [Bb]body of my own on[Am7]e [Dm]i knew you bef[Am]ore i met you [Dm]ive forgotten w[Am]hy i left you [Bb]all i wanna do is [Dm]get back into y[G]our good grace [Am]call you by your h[Dm]undred names [Am]till it makes you [Dm]mine again [Am]till i get my w[Bb]ill back in this [Dm]godforsaken p[G]lace i want you n[Em]ear me i know you cant [Am]hear me, now but im f[Dm]alling down with [G]your name i want you n[Em]ear me i wish you could [Am]hear me, now while im f[Dm]alling down with [G]your name in my mouth | / slide up | \ slide down | [B] hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note