Luminous Rose Releases Gigs Lyrics Tablature

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Author
Robyn Hitchcock
According to our records, Robyn has played this song 44 times, most recently at The Common Room on September 03, 2024. He first performed it at Graffiti Club on April 05, 1988, 36 years and 4 months earlier.

Lyrics

Oh, the bodies of drowned sailors and dead airmen
Flounder upside down beneath the roaring wave
And the fishes eat the flesh from off their fingers
And the sea is so much deeper than the grave

And the pale English stone
Stands alone
Over me

Oh, the bodies rise and falling in slow motion
As the flesh gives way to coral and her charms
If you listen hard, you'll hear the sea is breathing
And she's waiting there to hold you in her arms

And the pale English sun
Shone
Over me

Oh, the telegram is lying on the table
You left it there, you can't believe it's true
God finds you naked and he leaves you dying
What happens in between is up to you

And the luminous rose
Glows
Over me
Over me 

Tablature

Luminous Rose-Robyn Hitchcock, arr. by Marc Dacey

Capo: 2nd fret

Intro: G6-Em7-Cadd9-Asus4-A7-A7sus2
G6-A7sus4-G6    Cadd9            G6-A7sus4-G6
Oh, the bodies of drowned sailors and dead airmen
                        Cadd9            G6
Flounder upside down beneath the roaring wave
                        Cadd9               G6
And the fishes eat the flesh from off their fingers
                       Cadd9           G6
And the sea is so much deeper than the grave
                     Cmaj Cadd9 Em/5+ C7(no5) 
And the pale English stone
   Gmaj A7sus4/F# Em7
Stands alone
     G6 Cadd9
Over me

(Repeat pattern)
Oh, the bodies rise and falling in slow motion
As the flesh gives way to coral and her charms
If you listen hard, you'll hear the sea is breathing
And she's waiting there to hold you in her arms

And the pale English sun
Shone
Over me

Oh, the telegram is lying on the table
You left it there, you can't believe it's true
God finds you naked and he leaves you dying
What happens in between is up to you

And the luminous rose
Glows
Over me
Over me