Key:
Introduction:
C- Em
Verse I
C
20 million diamonds
Em
Crown the sky tonight
C
Silence for two lovers'
Em
C
They tell me whispering's a virtue
Em
And holding hands' their game
C Em
'Tis cold, it's cold
Coda:
F
And as I watch the candle
Em
(burn/turn) this night
D- G
(away/today)
F Em
My life collects another
Eb- G
yesterday
Refrain:
C Em7
Alone in the darkness
Am G G# Bb C
I am waiting for the one
C F
While the lovers wait for the sun
Am- G G# Bb
Lay I/Waiting for the
C- Bm- Am- Em- F- G
one
Verse II
C
Stalk the streets do lovers
Em
in this town tonight
C
20 million heartbeats
Em
holding hands C
For them, it's darkness
Am
that's most precious
Em F G
But tell me who can I embrace
C- Bm- Am
The cold? There's no one
Em- F- G
here to hold
Dm Em
Who'll light the darkness
Em- F- G
with her name
Heal this blackout
C- Bm- Am
pain
--Em-F-Em-Dm-G-F-
Em- Eb- G-
(repeat refrain
except last 4 words of 1st line)