Chords
The Lantern

Key: E

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
E  G#m                                         A    BA  
We...in our present life
E    G#m                                                      A      F#7  B7  
Knew...that the stars were right
        E                                      B  
So if you are the first to go
                  C#m                                 F#  
You'll leave a sign to let me know
                                                E         E7  
Oh, tell me so, please
                                                  A      F#7  B    A  
Carry the lantern light
E    G#m                                              A      BA  
You...cross the sea of night
E    G#m                                                    A      F#7  B7  
Free...from the spell of flight
                  E                                                 B  
Your cloak you wear is a spirit shroud
                  C#m                                 F#  
You'll wake me in my sleeping hours
                                          E         E7  
Like a cloud, please
                                                  A    F#7  B    A  
Carry the lantern high
E  G#m                                    A      BA  
Me...in my sorry plight
E  G#m                                      A      F#7  B7  
You...waiting every night
          E                                      B  
My face it turns a deathly pale
                     C#m                              F#  
You're talking to me through your veil
                                                          E         E7  
I hear you wail, so please
                                                  A      F#7  B    A  
Carry the lantern light
             E                                                 B  
The servants sleep, the doors are barred
          C#m                                      F#  
You hear the stopping of my heart
                                                        E         E7                                                 A  
You never part, so please...carry the lantern high!