Am C (X4)

            Am         C      Am C
A childless widow of a nation
             Am               C    Am C
You cry like guns across the water
         Am                 C
Yet we expect you to bring springtime
F
   It isn't fair
                               C
   Searchlights wither in your hair
          Am     C  F    C
You are a silent movie, Sarah

C (x3)

                Am          C        Am C
Men build their industries around you
          Am         C       Am C
Diverting rivers of your hair
                Am          C
They're looking farther on reflection
F                Am               Am C
  You're left to die of exposure, Sarah
Am
Sarah with the beating heart

Sarah with the mouth of stone

Sarah with the
          Am     C F    C
You are a silent movie, Sarah

Am C (x4)
F C
Am C (x6)
F C
Am C (x3)

        Am               C     Am C
Let her go, the light is fading
           Am              C     Am C
I cry like guns across the water
           Am             C
She didn't ask to be your remake
F
   or your muse
                          C
 The parasites inside her blues
Am
Sarah with the beaten heart

Sarah with the mouth of stone

I call but there is no one home
Am
Sarah with the beating heart
Am
Sarah with the mouth of stone
Am
I call but there is only echo
Am       F              Am G
From a recording machine
Am               F                    Am G
Screaming "haunt your own vampire dream"
            Am     F
You see our poets, poets
      Am     G
Do an odious business
       Am        F
Loving womankind (womankind)
   Am         G
As lions love Christians
   Am      F      Am  G
So who are you to deny
Am      F        Am  G
Who are you to deny   them
Am F Am G
Sarah?
Am F Am G
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Am F Am G
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Am F Am G
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Am F Am G
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