Lament
(start with capo 6th)
EVITA :
Em
Am Em
1. The choice was mine and
mine completely,
C D Am
I could have any prize that I
desired.
Em C G Bb
I could burn with the
splendour of the brightest fire,
C Cm Em
or else - or else I could
choose time.
Em - Am Em
2. Remember I was very young then,
C D Am
and a year was forever and a day.
Em
C G Bb
So what use could fifty,
sixty, seventy be?
C Cm Em
I saw the lights and I was on
my way.
Bb - Em
Bb
And how I lived! How they shone !
C - Em
But how soon the lights were gone!
(move down to capo 5th here)
Em - C - Em - C - D - Am
- Em - C
- G - Bb - C - D# - Em
CHE:
Am ~ Dm Am
3. The
choice was yours and no one else's,
F G Dm
you can cry for a body in
despair.
Am F C
D#
Hang your head because she is
no longer there,
F Fm Am
to shine, to dazzle, or
betray.
D#
- Am D#
How she lived, how she shone,
F - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dm …
but how soon
the lights were gone.
EMBALMERS :
Am E
Eyes, hair, face, image, all
must be preserved !
Am E Em - Am
Still life displayed forever,
no less than she deserved.
(from “Evita”)