Biography:
Originating from Leeds, the Sisters of Mercy were described by critic Steve Huey as playing "a slow, gloomy, ponderous hybrid of metal and psychedelia, often incorporating dance beats." The one constant in the band's career has been deep-voiced singer Andrew Eldritch. The band is named after the Leonard Cohen song "Sisters of Mercy" according to Eldritch. The band originally formed in 1980 with guitarist Gary Marx and drummer-turned-vocalist Eldritch.
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Title: 1959
album: floodland
By Sisters of Mercy, Transformed from Piano Chords to Guitar Chords
Transcription By Michel hoekstra:
Intro: 4/4, Em/ G/ D D
Em G D
Living as Angel in the place that I was born
Em G D
Living on air...... living in heaven
Em G D
Giving the lie down, the line
Em G D
To the there's my heaven
______________________________________________
Cm Eb Bb
And I know......which way the wind blows
Cm Eb Bb G#m B
..........In nineteen fifty-nine
F# G#m B F# Bbm C# G#
Which way the wind blows..........in 1959
_______________________________________________
G# Bbm C# G#
And the wind blows still.......And the wind blows wild again
Bbm C# G#
For a little child can never kill this clean
F# C# G#
This way
G# Bbm C# G#
And it feels like me today...tell me......Do you feel the same?
Bbm C# G#
......Isabelle
G# Bbm C# G# Bbm C# G#, Ebm
Gb
Or do you feel like 1959...........Do you feel like 1959
__________________________________________________
Db Ebm Gb Db
And the wind blows wild again..........and the wind blows wild
Ebm Gb Db, Ebm Gb Db Bbm C# G#, Ebm Gb Db
.....................In 1959 ........................In 59
Ebm Gb Db, Fm G# Eb Fm G# Eb
.......................Isabelle..Do you, do you feel the same?
____________________________________________________
Fm G# Eb Fm G#
...........Come with me, like a little child
Eb Fm G#
Like another gun, like homeless, restless, know to none, like
Eb Fm G# Eb
Way beyond the line, like it never was
F5
In 1959
F5, Fade out
________________________________________________________________________
This track Is taken from Floodland album. Its converted from piano, so
play it on your guitar as you feel like it. Maybe with a little reverb or
chorus.
I declare that this is all my own work and not taken from a book or
another music source.
album: floodland
By Sisters of Mercy, Transformed from Piano Chords to Guitar Chords
Transcription By Michel hoekstra:
Intro: 4/4, Em/ G/ D D
Em G D
Living as Angel in the place that I was born
Em G D
Living on air...... living in heaven
Em G D
Giving the lie down, the line
Em G D
To the there's my heaven
______________________________________________
Cm Eb Bb
And I know......which way the wind blows
Cm Eb Bb G#m B
..........In nineteen fifty-nine
F# G#m B F# Bbm C# G#
Which way the wind blows..........in 1959
_______________________________________________
G# Bbm C# G#
And the wind blows still.......And the wind blows wild again
Bbm C# G#
For a little child can never kill this clean
F# C# G#
This way
G# Bbm C# G#
And it feels like me today...tell me......Do you feel the same?
Bbm C# G#
......Isabelle
G# Bbm C# G# Bbm C# G#, Ebm
Gb
Or do you feel like 1959...........Do you feel like 1959
__________________________________________________
Db Ebm Gb Db
And the wind blows wild again..........and the wind blows wild
Ebm Gb Db, Ebm Gb Db Bbm C# G#, Ebm Gb Db
.....................In 1959 ........................In 59
Ebm Gb Db, Fm G# Eb Fm G# Eb
.......................Isabelle..Do you, do you feel the same?
____________________________________________________
Fm G# Eb Fm G#
...........Come with me, like a little child
Eb Fm G#
Like another gun, like homeless, restless, know to none, like
Eb Fm G# Eb
Way beyond the line, like it never was
F5
In 1959
F5, Fade out
________________________________________________________________________
This track Is taken from Floodland album. Its converted from piano, so
play it on your guitar as you feel like it. Maybe with a little reverb or
chorus.
I declare that this is all my own work and not taken from a book or
another music source.
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