Words And Music By Paul Simon 1989
|G7 |G/B |C C/E |G/D C |
We sailed up a river wide as a sea
G7 |G/B
And slept on the banks
|C C/E |G/D
On the leaves of a banyan tree
C |G7 |G/B |C C/E|G/D C |G | |C C/E |G/D
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
C |G7 |G/B |C C/E |G/D C |
Some stories are magical, meant to he sung
G7 |G/B |
Songs from the mouth of the river
C C/E |G/D C |
When the world was young
G7 |G/B |C C/E|G/D C |G |G/B |C C/E |G/D
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
C |G/B
By moon
|C
We walk
|D |Em |
To the brujo's door
G/B |C |D |G |
Along a path of river stones
G/B |C |
Women with their nursing children
D |Em |
Seated on the floor
G/B |C
We join the fevers
|D |G |D7no3rd |G |D7no3rd |G |D7no3rd |G |D7no3rd |
And the broken bones
G |G7 |G/B |C C/E |G/D C |
The candlelight flickers, the falcon calls
G7 |G/B |C C/E |G/D C |
A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin wall
G7 |G/B |C C/E|G/D C |G | |C C/E |G/D
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
C |G7 |G/B |C C/E |G/D C |
Sing rainwater, sea water, river water, holy water
G7 |G/B |
Wrap this child in mercy, heal her
C C/E |G/D C |
Heaven's only daughter
G7 |G/B |C C/E|G/D C |G |G/B |C C/E |G/D
All of these spirit voices rule the night
C |G/B |C
My hands were numb
|D |Em |
My feet were lead
G/B |C |D |G
I drank a cup of herbal brew
|G/B |C
Then the sweetness in the air
|D |Em |
Combined with the lightness in my head
|G/B |C |D |G |
And I heard the jungle breathing in the bamboo
Em D7/F# |G
Sauda - cões Greetings!
G/B |C G/B |C
Da licenca um momento Excuse me, one moment
D
Te lembro I remind you
|Em D7/F# |G
Que a--man -- ha That tomorrow
G/B |C G/B |C
Sera tudo ou sera naoa It will he all or it will
be nothing
D |Em D7/F# |G
Depende, co-ra - cao It depends, heart
G/B |C G/B |C
Sera breve ou sera grande It will be brief or it will
be great
D7 |Em D7/F# |G
Depende da pai -- xao It depends on the passion
G/B |C G/B |C
Sera sujo, sera sonho It will be dirty, it will
be a dream
D7 |Em D7/F# |G
Cuidado, co-ra - cao Be careful, heart
G/B |C G/B |C
Sera util, sera tarde It will be useful. it will be
late
D7 |Em D7/F# |G
Se esmera, co-ra - cao Do your best, heart
G/B |C
E confia And have trust
G/B|C D |G7 |
Na forca do amanha In the power of tomorrow
C C/E |G/D C |G7 |G/B |C C/E |G/D C |
G7 |G/B |
Lord of the earthquake
C C/E |G/D C |
My trembling bed
G7 |G/B
The spider resumes the rhythm
|C C/E |G/D C |
Of his golden thread
G |G/B |C C/E|G/D C |G7 |G/B |C C/E |G/D C |
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
Repeat and fade:
G |G/B |C C/E|G/D C |G7 |G/B |C C/E |G/D C |
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
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