WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Charles Aznavour - The Sound Of Your Name Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse]
Em
The sound of your name comes to me any hour
B7
On wings of the wind, like the scent of a flower
E
How can I explain, its impossible power
Am Am6 Am7 Am(maj7)
The sound of your name
Am(maj7) Am6 Am(maj7) Am6
The sound of your name is a Valentine greeting
Em
A bell when it rings and a heart when it's beating
F#7
And drawing a spell where all things keep repeating
B7
The sound of your name
[Verse]
Em Em/D# Em/D Em/C#
Your name is a song that I long to be writing
F#m7-5 B7 F#m7-5 B7
The music is strong and the words are inviting
E F#m7 Edim/G E7/G#
Exchangeable melodies strangely exciting
Am(add9) Am Am(add9) Am
I found in your name
Am
The sound of your name can bring times of desire
Em Em/D Em/C#
That flares like a flame as it climbs ever higher
F#sus4 F# Fm
That burns in my senses and turns them to fire
B7 | Em | Cm | Em | Cm | Fm | % | % | % |
The sound of your name
[Verse]
Fm
But love is a game that continuously changes
C7
The player discovers the risk and the dangers
F F/Eb Fm/D Fm/Db
We started as lovers, we ended as strangers
Bbm
Now where can I turn?
Bbm Bbm/Ab Bbm/G Bbm/Db
Your name's the ghost of a chance that you gave me
Fm Fm/Eb Fm/Db
A grave little dance just enough to enslave me
G7
And only my grief, what is there that can save me
C7 C#7 C7 C#7
If you don't return
[Verse]
F#m
At night in my dreams you are there, an obsession
C#7
I whisper your name, like a prayer, a confession
F# Gm7 F#dim/A F#7/A#
You've entered my soul and you've taken possession
Bm
And whom can I blame?
Bm Bm/A Bm/G#
For you are the heaven on earth that I sigh for
F#m F#m/E F#m/D#
The high unattainable moon that I cry for
G#7
As long as I live, I will live and I'll die for
C#7 D
The sound of your name
[Coda]
D D7
Your name, your name
F#m | C#7 | % | F#m
Your name, your na-a-a-ame