The messenger

	  		Intro: G#m (2 measures) D#m (2 measures) E F# (1 measure each) 
 
 
B                  E/B     C#                    F# 
Everything is settled, immovable and calm 
 
A                      G#                      C#m                E+C# 
Nothing that has plagued our lives can ever do us harm 
 
B                              E              C#                         
F# 
Then the voices railed against us, then the path was steep 
 
A                             G# G#7   C#m                C#nat    F# 
Now the sounds are softer,      now the road is end-----ed 
 
F#                      B 
In your arms, I'll sleep 
 
 
 
B b  c# d#      b      G#m                           A 
Turn a--way from madness, burn the inner light 
 
                       B                                      E          
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 
 
C#m (2 measures) G#m (2 measures)  A  B (1 measure each) 
 
 
E                  A/E       F#                   B 
Everything is peaceful, and falling into place 
 
D              C#        C#7     F#m                 B+A 
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 
 
 
E e  d#   c#   b   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 
   
 
Fine: C#m (2 measures) G#m (2 measures) A  B (1 measure each) E (1  
measure ritard and hold)