Artist/Band: Kristofferson Kris Tabs
Song: The Sabre And The Rose Tab
The Sabre and the Rose
written by Kris Kristofferson
2/22/06
CAPO I
INTRO: E
E
Feet hit the ground, feet leavin' town
D E
Quicker than a bullet or a knife
A
Fallin' ain't no fun when you're on the run
E D E
Honey we was runnin' for our lives
A E
When Stagger Lee had drunk his fill of moonlight
A E
He turned his burnin' eyes upon my soul
A E
"It's time by God to spend this night with someone else" he said
E D E
"Squeeze a little pleasure from the gold, love and glory but
E D E
We can take it easy when we're old"
E
He said "we'll take us into town, lay our money down
D E
I'll bring you to the sweetest thing that grows
A
Because the fairest ones in sight are bloomin' every night
E D E
At a tavern called the Sabre and the Rose"
A E
We swang into the saddle slick as breathin'
A E
And slapped 'em once for pleasure with the reins
A E
The horses snorted frosty in the moonlight
D E
Somethin' dark was singin' in my veins
E D E D A E
Older than the voices in my brain
E
He said "this place you're gonna see is where they live and breathe
D E
And sink down a little bit deeper every day
A
And sometimes at night when the wind is a-runnin' right
E D E
You can hear it suckin' thirty miles away"
A E
Then the light was crimson and I found her
A E
All naked and eternal and insane
A E
Sacred as the mysteries around her like a veil
E D E
Nothin' but her prison was profane
E D E
All we had in common was our chains
D A E
Ah burn it down boys
D A E
Burn it to the grounds boys, burn it on down yeah
E
Feet hit the ground, feet leavin' town
D E
Quicker than a bullet or a knife
A
All the way she ran holdin' to my hand
E D E
Runnin' for the river and our lives
A E
Slidin' from the moonlight into shadows
A E
Silent as the river as it flows
A E
Swimmin' to the place they'll never find us
E D E
All we left behind us was our clothes and the stories children
E D E
Sing about the Sabre and the Rose
OUTRO: E
CHORDS without CAPO:
E = F
A = A#
D = D#
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