O Theo
Matthew Perryman JonesVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
: 133211 or xx3211
Hammer on / pull off the D string after the first strum when going from C to Cadd4 in
the verses
Try not to play the high E string during the chorus
Under the silence of water,
Into a sky full of birds
Out from the land of our fathers,
I am falling on your words,
Oh...
Dark as the night of a preacher,
I made a bed out of hay
They paid me a handful of money,
I gave it all away...
All away...
And the righteous raised their stones
And the devil threw his arrow
That was longing for a home
With nowhere to go,
Oh, Theo...
In the half-life of the city,
She took off all of her clothes
I flew from the height of the mountains
Into a valley of dry bones
All alone
Then my heart was still unknown
I was drunk and full of sorrows
I was longing for a home
With nowhere to go,
Oh, Theo...
So, I set fires of starlight,
To burn up against the despair
I was caught in the tangles of midnight's
Long, unanswered prayer:
'Are you there?'
And the light of morning grows
On a field of fallen sparrows
I was longing for a home
With nowhere to go,
Oh, Theo...
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Readable chord sheet for O Theo by Matthew Perryman Jones
[F]: 133211 or xx3211 Hammer on / pull off the D string after the first strum when going from C to Cadd4 in the verses Try not to play the high E string during the chorus [C]Under the [Cadd4]silence of [C]water, [C]Into a [Cadd4]sky full of [C]birds [C]Out from the [Cadd4]land of our [C]fathers, I am [Am]falling on your [F]words, [C]Oh... [C]Dark as the [Cadd4]night of a [C]preacher, [C]I made a [Cadd4]bed out of [C]hay [C]They paid me a [Cadd4]handful of [C]money, I [Am]gave it all [F]away... [C]All away... And the [F]righteous raised their [Am]stones And the [F]devil threw his [Am]arrow That was [F]longing for a [Am]home With [Dm]nowhere to [F]go, [C]Oh, Theo... [C]In the half-[Cadd4]life of the [C]city, [C]She took off [Cadd4]all of her [C]clothes [C]I flew from the [Cadd4]height of the [C]mountains Into a [Am]valley of dry [F]bones [C]All alone Then my [F]heart was still [Am]unknown I was [F]drunk and full of [Am]sorrows I was [F]longing for a [Am]home With [Dm]nowhere to [F]go, [C]Oh, Theo... [C]So, I set [Cadd4]fires of [C]starlight, [C]To burn up [Cadd4]against the [C]despair [C]I was caught in the [Cadd4]tangles of [C]midnight's [Am]Long, unanswered [F]prayer: [C]'Are you there?' And the [F]light of morning [Am]grows On a [F]field of fallen [Am]sparrows I was [F]longing for a [Am]home With [Dm]nowhere to [F]go, [C]Oh, Theo...