Rufus Wainwright - The Sword Of Damocles Chords

[FOREPLAY]
(In the music video edit, the opening 4 bars in this foreplay section are
 extended to what adds up to ten bars of 4/4 bars and one bar of 3/4.)

  | A      | %      | %      | %      |

  (contrabass and cello enter)
  | A      | %      | %      | %      |



[VERSES 1 + 2 + 3]
(The piano voicings include the low note “a” [A2] as a recurring bass note.
 This creates the indistinctness of the bass register, as the bass guitar
 then mostly stays above that A2, up in the low-mid register.)

||: A      | %      | %      | %      |

  | F♯m/a  | %      | %      | %      |

  | Bm7/a  | %      | %      | %      |

  | E7     | %      | %      | %      :|| 3x

  “ Release
    The sword of Damocles
    Just release it
    To the authorities

    We have been given
    The same fortune cookies
    You and I have
    All of our progenies

    Raise kindness
    Above all else
    Avoid the books of
    Hatred behind the shelves



[VERSE 4]

  | A      | %      | %      | %      |
 
  | F♯m/a  | %      | %      | %      |

  | Bm7/a  | %      | %      | %      |

  | E7     | %      | Bm7/a  | %      |

  | A      | %      | %      | %      |

    I will caress your
    Caress your curly hair
    With affection
    Many a good reason to cut off your head
    Then and then



[INTERLUDE]

  | B♭     | %      | C      | %      |

  | A      | %      | %      | %      |



[VERSE 5]

  | B♭     | %      | %      | %      |
 
  | Gm/b♭  | %      | %      | %      |

  | Cm7/b♭ | %      | %      | %      |

  | F7     | %      | %      | %      |

    Release
    The Sword of Damocles
    Just release it
    I'm begging
    You on my knees



[VERSE 6]

  | B♭     | %      | %      | %      |
 
  | Gm     | %      | %      | %      |

  | Cm7    | %      | %      | %      |

  | F7     | %      |

||: Cm7    | %      | F7     | %      :|| 3x

  | B♭     | %      |

    There is no reason
    To hide it from the sun
    I am a tyrant
    Trust me, you are not the one and only
    And trust me, you are not the one and only
    And trust me, you are not the one and only
    Lonely person



[ENDING]

  | C(9)   | %      | A7(9)  | %      |

  | A(9)   | %      | D/a    | %      |

  | Dm/a   | %      | %      | %      |

  | A      | %      | %      ...

    Release
    The sword of Damocles
    Release
    The sword of Damocles
    Just release it
    Cut the thread
    Why don't you, please? ”