Biography:
Bat for Lashes is a pseudonym of Brighton, UK, based singer-songwriter / multi-instrumentalist / visual artist Natasha Khan (b. 25 Oct 1979, in Hertfordshire, England). She made her debut with single The Wizard (May 2006, She Bear/Drowned In Sound), following with albums Fur And Gold (Sept 2006, Echo), Two Suns (Apr 2009, Echo/Parlophone), The Haunted Man (Oct 2012, Echo/Parlophone) , and her latest album is The Bride (July 2016, Echo/Parlophone).
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Note: the actual song as on the album is more or less made of a single E5 picked
throughout song, and you can hold it out until the chorus if you want a sound more
faithful to the original recording. The chords bellow are harmonization I made to achieve
a fuller sounding accompaniment.
Em G
You know, my darling
D Em
I can't stand to sleep alone
Em D C Em
No sweetheart in the dark to call my own
Em G
You're my own, you're my own
D Em
I can sing it, I can groan,
Em G
But the darkness is a stranger
D Bm Em
And I'm lonely, lonely, lonely, love
Em G D C Em
Mmmm....
Em G D Bm Em
Last night's parties and last night's horrorshow
Em G D Bm Em
Smiling and whirling and kissing all I know
Em G
Give my soul, give my soul,
D Am Em
Sing it free across the sea
Em G
A lonely spell to conjure you
D Bm Em
But conjure hell is all I do
Em G A
Lonely, lonely, lonely!
C Em
As mother told me
C Em
The dream of love is a
G D Em
Two hearted dream
Em G
They say for every high, high
D Em
There must be a low, low, low, low, low
G D Em
From every sun ascending
Em G Em
A lonesome moon will grow, grow, grow, grow
Em G
Drive my heart, drive my heart
D Bm Em
Into the fire of a burning heart's desire
Em G
A lonely spell so you be seen
D Bm Em
Do you hear me coming in my blue dream?
Em G A
Lonely, lonely, lonely!
C Em
As mother told me
C Em
The dream of love is a
G D Em
Two hearted dream...
throughout song, and you can hold it out until the chorus if you want a sound more
faithful to the original recording. The chords bellow are harmonization I made to achieve
a fuller sounding accompaniment.
Em G
You know, my darling
D Em
I can't stand to sleep alone
Em D C Em
No sweetheart in the dark to call my own
Em G
You're my own, you're my own
D Em
I can sing it, I can groan,
Em G
But the darkness is a stranger
D Bm Em
And I'm lonely, lonely, lonely, love
Em G D C Em
Mmmm....
Em G D Bm Em
Last night's parties and last night's horrorshow
Em G D Bm Em
Smiling and whirling and kissing all I know
Em G
Give my soul, give my soul,
D Am Em
Sing it free across the sea
Em G
A lonely spell to conjure you
D Bm Em
But conjure hell is all I do
Em G A
Lonely, lonely, lonely!
C Em
As mother told me
C Em
The dream of love is a
G D Em
Two hearted dream
Em G
They say for every high, high
D Em
There must be a low, low, low, low, low
G D Em
From every sun ascending
Em G Em
A lonesome moon will grow, grow, grow, grow
Em G
Drive my heart, drive my heart
D Bm Em
Into the fire of a burning heart's desire
Em G
A lonely spell so you be seen
D Bm Em
Do you hear me coming in my blue dream?
Em G A
Lonely, lonely, lonely!
C Em
As mother told me
C Em
The dream of love is a
G D Em
Two hearted dream...
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