Duchess
Scott WalkerVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Verse 1
It's your bicycle bells and your Rembrandt swells
Your children alive and still breathing
And your look of lost when you're coming across
Makes me feel like a thief when you're bleeding
Chorus
Duchess, Duchess, light up your candles for me
Duchess, Duchess, put all your love back in me
I come listening, I touch, touching
Verse 2
With the Persian sea running through your veins
You shed your names with the seasons
Still they all return with their last remains
And they lay them before you like reasons
With your shimmering dress, it says 'no', it says 'yes'
It says 'I've nothing left for concealing'
It's your shiftless flesh and your old girl's grace
It's your young girl's face that I'm breathing
Chorus
Duchess, Duchess, light up your candles for me
Duchess, Duchess, Duchess, put all the love back in me
I'm lying, she's crying
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Readable chord sheet for Duchess by Scott Walker
[B] [F#] [E] [B]
Verse 1
[B]It's your bicycle [F#]bells[E] and your Rembrandt [B]swells
Your children a[F#]live and [E]still breath[B]ing
[Ebm]And your look of [A]lost[E] when you're coming a[B]cross
Makes me [F#]feel like a thief[E] when you're blee[B]ding
Chorus
Duchess, [F#]Duchess,[E] light up your [B]candles for [F#]me [F#7]
[B]Duchess, [F#]Duchess,[E] put all your [B]love back in [F#]me
[E]I come listening, I [Badd9]touch, touching
Verse 2
[B]With the Per[F#]sian sea[E] running through your [B]veins
You [F#]shed your names [E]with the sea[B]sons
[Ebm]Still they [A]all return[E] with their last[B] remains
And they lay [F#]them before you[E] like rea[B]sons
With your shimmering [F#]dress,[E] it says 'no',[B] it says 'yes'
It says 'I've [F#]nothing left for [E]concea[B]ling'
[Ebm]It's your shift[A]less flesh[E] and your old [B]girl's grace
It's your young [F#]girl's face that [E]I'm brea[B]thing
Chorus
Duchess, [F#]Duchess,[E] light up your [B]candles for me[F#] [F#7]
[B]Duchess, [F#]Duchess,[E] Duchess,[B] put all the love[F#] back in me
[Eadd9]I'm lying, she'[Badd9]s crying