Steve Hackett

Emerald And Ash(Chords)

Steve Hackett

Key: Em

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Capo on 4th fret
	        

(or go up four half steps, obviously) 
Em7     Bm7 
Em                          
Sugarplum fairies on parade 
D 
The smiling dolls wield the sharpest blade 
Em7/B 
Candyfloss pink the sequins whirl 
D/A 
Beneath a serpent ready to uncurl 

Em7 
Em                                      
A dealer playing with my state of mind 
D 
Roulette wheel the colors were entwined 
Em7/B 
Black and white Russians were prepared 
D/A 
She staked her claim to the lions share 

Em7 
G                        Am   
Dressed in velvet in the limelight 
D                           G 
She beckoned me from marble stairs 
G                     Am7  
Long ago with all the dreamers 
D                       G 
I fell into her emerald spell 

A thousand silver songs that filled the air 
Rosary the worry beads of care 
I should have understood 
The queen of hearts 
Played to win right from the start 

Dressed in velvet in the limelight 
She beckoned me from marble stairs 
Long ago with all the dreamers 
I fell into her emerald spell 

Instrumental: Em7 

The dice were loaded, knew I was ensnared 
Fingers turned to talons in my hair 
A rusted door inside a golden cage 
A broken chord, a bird that flew away 

Dressed in velvet in the limelight 
She beckoned me from marble stairs 
Long ago with all the dreamers 
I fell into her emerald spell 

Guitar Instrumental: E5, D5, then F#5, G#5 fade on F# 
Repeat Intro, end on Em
	        

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