The Beat Of Her Heart

Em   F#m
Bm
She was a tempest
Her beauty a storm
Abm                    A               E
Oh her eyes they were filled with the sun
Dbm                       D            Bb
She would dance while I played her my songs
     Gm    Am                B       Em
The earth stood while she danced alone

Verse 2:
Bm
He was a tempest
His craving a storm
     B                    A          G
He lusted her body from deep in the grove
   Dbm
Enraptured or captured
   D
Betrayed or betrothed
Gm            Am
She would be his
          B          Em
She’d be his alone

Chorus:
Em      G          F#m            D
So she ran, oh she ran from the satyr’s chase
G                    Db           F#
   She ran for her love and her life
G
   She tred on a snake
F#m      E               C            Am          Abm     G
Venom replaced both the beat of her heart and the song in mine
     G            E             B      Em
The beat of her heart and the song in mine

Verse 3:
Em  F#m
     Bm
The music was morning
A requiem cry
   Ebm          B                        Em
I wept with my songs for the love of my life
    Dbm            A            D
It broke all the hearts of the gods in the skies
   C                       F#m          Em
I played my guitar and the earth opened wide

Bridge:
C                    D             Em
How I played, oh I played in the underworld
C                      F#m          B
  Oh, I played for my love and her life
C                     D
  Oh, I pled with the gods
         Em
Give her back
        F                        E
Give a beat to her heart and a song to mine
     Bb                        Em
The beat of her heart and the song in mine

Verse 4:
Em F#m
Bm
Hades responded, a glint in his eye
                  B
I grant you your plea
         Em
You may leave with your wife
     C            A
With one small request
     D           Bb
I suggest you obey
     G            Am          B    Em
You mustn’t look back as you walk away

Chorus:
A        G         F#m         E
  So we ran oh we ran to the dawning light
G                    Db           F#
  Oh we ran for our love and our lives
G                    A               Bm           Em           Am
  Once again I would hear the sweet sound of the beat of her heart
         Abm      G
And the song in mine
     F           Em            B       Em
The beat of her heart and the song in mine

Verse 5:
C
My mind was a tempest
My doubt was a storm
   Abm
I turned back to see
       A        E
She really had come
Dbm
Just as our eyes met
     D           Bb
She faded from sight
Gm             Am           B     Em
That’s when I knew I would never find
    F             G           Dm      Em
The beat of her heart or the song in mine