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Version 1PRINCE OF DARKNESS (Emily Saliers) ---------------------------------- [Intro] D D/G D/F# D/E D D/G D/F# D/E D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11 My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark Cadd9 Cadd9 G G And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11 My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark Cadd9 Cadd9 G G And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark [Instrumental] D D/G D/F# D/E D D/G D/F# D/E D D C C I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense Bm Bm Gm Gm The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence D D C C My dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve G/B G/B Asus A7 I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave Cadd9 Cadd9 G G But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar D D/C# Bm7add11 Bm7add11 And he gave it a ten dollar raise Cadd9 Cadd9 G G And when I needed my mother and I called her D D/C# Em Em A7sus A7 She stayed with me for days G G Gm Gm Now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain D D/C# Bm Bm Someone's on the bathroom floor, doing her cocaine Cadd9 Cadd9 G G Someone's got his finger on the button in some room D D/C# F#7 N.C. No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom E7/G# E7/G# Gmaj7 Gmaj7 But I tried to make this place my place; I asked for providence to Cadd9 Cadd9 G N.C. smile upon me with its sweet face; Yeah, but I'll tell you: D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11 My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark Cadd9 Cadd9 G G And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11 My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark Cadd9 Cadd9 G G And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark D D C C Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age Bm Bm Gm Gm My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage D D C C My greatest hope, my greatest cause to grieve G/B G/B Asus A7 And my heart flew from its cage, and it bled upon my sleeve Cadd9 Cadd9 G G The cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing D D/C# Bm7add11 Bm7add11 I couldn't hear them for the thunder Cadd9 Cadd9 G G I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling D D/C# Em Em A7sus A7 And it almost pulled me under G G Gm Gm Now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain D D/C# Bm Bm Someone's on the bathroom floor, doing her cocaine Cadd9 Cadd9 G G Someone's got his finger on the button in some room D D/C# F#7 N.C. No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom E7/G# E7/G# Gmaj7 Gmaj7 But I tried to make this place my place; I asked for providence to Cadd9 Cadd9 G N.C. smile upon me with its sweet face; Yeah, but I'll tell you: D D Bm7add11 Bm7add11 My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark Cadd9 Cadd9 G G And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark Cadd9 Cadd9 G N.C. And I, I do not feel the romance; I will not be a pawn Gm For the prince of darkness any longer [Instrumental] D D/G D/F# D/E D D/G D/F# D/E D D/G D/F# D/E