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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