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Thread #135217 Message #3082869
Posted By: Bounty Hound
26-Jan-11 - 03:09 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs from the East Anglia fenlands
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: EYES OF FLAME
Hi Richard, words and chords below for Eyes of Flame, I won't hold it against you that you're not a folk/rock fan, be a boring place if we all had the same taste.
Out of curiosity, what prompted your post in the first place, are you putting together a compilation of fenland songs? I'm of course happy for you to use the song in any way you wish, with the usual proviso that there is a credit.
EYES OF FLAME
F#m A F#m D
Night time falls across the fen, an evil hound creeps from his pen
A E F#m D F#m
With blood chilling yelp and bay, out he goes to find his prey
CHORUS
F#m D A E
Eyes of flame, eyes of fire, burning out your life's desire
F#m D A E D A E
Don't cross the fen, if you try, see that dog and you will die
F#m A F#m D
All alone the poacher goes, to set his snares where no one knows
A E F#m D F#m
Stands like stone when eyes of flame leap out from the misty gloom
F#m A F#m D
A howl and shriek ring through the air, throat ripped open, flesh laid bare
A E F#m D
With victim's blood dripping from his jaw, this evil hound creeps back to
F#m
his lair
F#m A F#m D
In the cottage on fen bank, across the field so dark and dank
A E F#m D F#m
The scream is heard, a woman cries, tonight she knows, alone she'll lie
F#m A F#m D
As morning sun streaks across the fen, this woman warns her children
A E F#m D F#m
Early to be, stay tucked in tight, don't go through the fens at night