O Theo Chords & Lyrics by Matthew Perryman Jones
O Theo
guitar chords lyrics
Watched this gentleman play the song to see how it was played, so all credit goes to
Chris Yokel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL0fetLocb0
C: x32010
Cadd4: x33010
Am: x02210
F: 133211 or xx3211
Hammer on / pull off the D string after the first strum when going from C to Cadd4 in
the verses
Try not to play the high E string during the chorus
---CAPO 5th fret if you feel capable of picking out (sounds better)
C Cadd4 C
Under the silence of water,
C Cadd4 C
Into a sky full of birds
C Cadd4 C
Out from the land of our fathers,
Am F
I am falling on your words,
C
Oh...
C Cadd4 C
Dark as the night of a preacher,
C Cadd4 C
I made a bed out of hay
C Cadd4 C
They paid me a handful of money,
Am F
I gave it all away...
C
All away...
F Am
And the righteous raised their stones
F Am
And the devil threw his arrow
F Am
That was longing for a home
Dm F
With nowhere to go,
C
Oh, Theo...
C Cadd4 C
In the half-life of the city,
C Cadd4 C
She took off all of her clothes
C Cadd4 C
I flew from the height of the mountains
Am F
Into a valley of dry bones
C
All alone
F Am
Then my heart was still unknown
F Am
I was drunk and full of sorrows
F Am
I was longing for a home
Dm F
With nowhere to go,
C
Oh, Theo...
C Cadd4 C
So, I set fires of starlight,
C Cadd4 C
To burn up against the despair
C Cadd4 C
I was caught in the tangles of midnight's
Am F
Long, unanswered prayer:
C
'Are you there?'
F Am
And the light of morning grows
F Am
On a field of fallen sparrows
F Am
I was longing for a home
Dm F
With nowhere to go,
C
Oh, Theo...
