ARTIST: Indigo Girls
TITLE: Prince of Darkness
Lyrics and Chords


[ Bm4 = x20230; C(9) = x32033; E9/G# = 4x0432; Cmaj9 = x32430 ]

My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark, and I
I do not feel the romance I, I do not catch the spark
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark, and I
I do not feel the romance I, I do not catch the spark

/ D - Bm4 - / C(9) - G - / :

I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense
The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence
The dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve
I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave

/ D - C - / Bm - Gm - / 1st / G - Asus4 A7 /

But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar
And he gave it a ten dollar raise
And when I needed my mother and I called her
She stayed with me for days

/ C(9) - G - / D D/C# Bm4 - / 1st / D D/C# Em4 - A7sus4 A7 / 

{Refrain}
And now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain
Someone's on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine
Someone's got his finger on the button in some room
No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom

/ G - Gm7 - / D D/C# Bm - / C(9) - G - / D D/C# F#7 - / 

But I tried to make this place my place
I asked for Providence to smile upon me with his sweet face
Yeah, but I'll tell you

/ E9/G# - Gmaj7 - / Cmaj9 - G - / 

My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark, and I
I do not feel the romance I, I do not catch the spark
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark, and I
     By grace, my sight grows stronger
I do not feel the romance, I will not be
     And I will not be a pawn
For the Prince of Darkness any longer

... / Gm - D - /

Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age
My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage
My greatest hope my greatest cause to grieve
And my heart flew from its cage and it bled upon my sleeve

The cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing
I couldn't hear them for the thunder
I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling
And he almost pulled me under

{Refrain}

But I tried to make this place my place
I asked for Providence to smile upon me with his sweet face
But I'll tell you

My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark, and I
I do not feel the romance I, I do not catch the spark
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark, and I
     By grace, my sight grows stronger
I do not feel the romance I, I do not catch the spark
     Grows stronger
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark, and I
     By grace, my sight is growing stronger
I do not feel the romance, I will not be
     And I will not be a pawn
For the Prince of Darkness any longer

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