Biography:
Hannah Sian Topp, known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand folk singer-songwriter. She was discovered while busking on a street by fellow musician Anika Moa.
Her work includes Aldous Harding from 2014, Party from 2017 and her most recent album Designer from 2019.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Dm Am G (x4)
[Verse 1]
Dm Am G
I will never marry my love
Dm Am G
I will die waiting for the bells
C G Dm Am
Death, come pull me underwater
C G Dm
I have nothing left to fear from hell
Dm Am G
I was gifted at the music
Dm Am G
I was born the day the year was new
C G Dm Am
Someone has stolen all the water
C G F
I keep the pills inside an urn
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
Lord, show me my daughter
C G Dm
Show me her before she burned
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
[Verse 2]
Dm Am G
We go walking in the hallways
Dm Am G
Now and then a record gives a tune
C G Dm Am
Sometimes we hang from our chambers
C G F
Baudelaire in the afternoon
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
The yellow rose is a stranger
C G Dm
The devil’s invitation in bloom
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am C G
Dm Am G
[Verse 3]
Dm Am G
I stand looking at my chamber
Dm Am G
There are many things upon the floor
C G Dm Am
The blade is ready for the slaughter
C G F
The Virgin Mary hangs on the door
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
I will arrive at death’s border
C G Dm
Take back the cover God has torn from me
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
[Verse 4]
Dm Am G
I am at the river with baby
Dm Am G
Her father enters with a leap
C G Dm Am
Hold her head above the water
C G F
She is pale against the stream
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
I am the horse beneath his daughter
C G Dm
He is the mountain underneath
[Outro]
Am G
Dm Am G
Dm G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G (x4)
[Verse 1]
Dm Am G
I will never marry my love
Dm Am G
I will die waiting for the bells
C G Dm Am
Death, come pull me underwater
C G Dm
I have nothing left to fear from hell
Dm Am G
I was gifted at the music
Dm Am G
I was born the day the year was new
C G Dm Am
Someone has stolen all the water
C G F
I keep the pills inside an urn
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
Lord, show me my daughter
C G Dm
Show me her before she burned
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
[Verse 2]
Dm Am G
We go walking in the hallways
Dm Am G
Now and then a record gives a tune
C G Dm Am
Sometimes we hang from our chambers
C G F
Baudelaire in the afternoon
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
The yellow rose is a stranger
C G Dm
The devil’s invitation in bloom
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am C G
Dm Am G
[Verse 3]
Dm Am G
I stand looking at my chamber
Dm Am G
There are many things upon the floor
C G Dm Am
The blade is ready for the slaughter
C G F
The Virgin Mary hangs on the door
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
I will arrive at death’s border
C G Dm
Take back the cover God has torn from me
[Instrumental]
Am G
Dm Am G
[Verse 4]
Dm Am G
I am at the river with baby
Dm Am G
Her father enters with a leap
C G Dm Am
Hold her head above the water
C G F
She is pale against the stream
[Refrain]
C G Dm Am
I am the horse beneath his daughter
C G Dm
He is the mountain underneath
[Outro]
Am G
Dm Am G
Dm G
Dm Am G
Alec Duffy
Alec Holowka
Alec Mandell
Alec Ounsworth
Alec Sullivan