Chords
The messenger

Key: B

Introduction:  G#m   D#m   E   F#  

 B                                   E/B         C#                                       F# 
Everything is settled, immovable and calm
 A                                           G#                                           C#m 
Nothing that has plagued our lives can ever do us harm

 F# 
Then the voices railed against us, then the path was steep
 F#                                           B 
In your arms, I'll sleep
 Bb                             G#m                                                     A 
Turn a--way from madness, burn the inner light

 D/E 
Pray for me as cheerfully as I slip into the night
                                             A           Am                                     G#m 
Death is just a visitor watching for a while
 C#m                   A                           B                                 A/E     E 
Sullen and predictable, love is versatile

 E                                   A/E             F#                                     B 
Everything is peaceful, and falling into place
 D                           C#               C#7         F#m 
I no longer feel the wounds suffered in the chase
 E                                                                 A                   F#                                           B 
Then we were at turns divided, then by turns oppressed
 D                                         C#   C#7     F#m                           F#     B 
Now the pain is o---ver,       now we lie toge---ther
 B                                 E 
Gratefully at rest
 Ee                     G#m                                               A 
Put     a---side the notion that the end is near
                                           B                                                                           E           D/E 
Stay with me eternally, the terrors disappear
                                               A                       Am                                     G#m 
Death is just a messenger         in a poor disguise
 C#m                                 A                                         B                                     A/E     E 
Fooling no one, lost for words, love is in your eyes
 D/E                                           A                                   Am                             G#m 
Now we know as we are known, unimagined things
 C#m                                     A                         B                                           A/E           E 
Death is just the messenger, love the truth it brings
      C#m(2           G#m(2           A   B(1              E(1 
measure ritard and hold)