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The Ice Maiden – Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
The Ice Maiden (1990)
(Paddy McAloon)
From: "Jordan – The Comeback"
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capo: 1st fret
play: Em
key: Fm
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Ab/C x-3-x-5-4-4
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INTRO
| Em | % | % | % |
CHORUS
Em
Standing on the boulevard
Em
You wish to know my name
Am7
I'm the Ice Maiden
Am7 Em
I think perhaps you like being unhappy
Am7 Em
I'm the Ice Maiden, the limit of your dreams
VERSE
Cmaj7
Arctic winds blow and still you believe
D Db
Loves makes you one of the chosen
Cmaj7
Die in the snow, I'll never grieve
D E
So what if tomorrow you're frozen
Cmaj7
And death is a small price for heaven
MIDDLE 8
[N.C.] Em7 F#m Em7
Welcome to the glow of high octane affairs
F#m Em7 F#m Em7
Esperanto style and blonde disheveled hair
F#m Em7 F#m Em7
Subterranean streams, duckling you're a swan
F#m Em7 F#m Em7
Infinities of dreams imploding into one
BRIDGE
D A
All those nights I dreamt of you
A
I wonder where they've gone
INTERLUDE
| Bm7 | % | % | % |
Em7 | Bm7 | % |
You're the Ice Maiden
CHORUS
Bm7
Standing on the boulevard
Bm7
I've always known your name
Em7
You're the Ice Maiden
Em7 Bm7
Let you and I grow frosty together
Em7 Bm7
You're the Ice Maiden, today you meet your match
VERSE
Gmaj7
Girl when I burn, hell nothing's the same!
A Ab
I'll singe your pretty blonde lashes
Gmaj7
We're talking fire, we're talking flame
A Ab/C
We're talking ice into ashes
Gmaj7
But death is a small price for heaven
MIDDLE 8 (instrumental)
| Em7 | Em7 F#m | Em7 | Em7 F#m |
| Em7 | Em7 F#m | Em7 | Em7 F#m |
| Em7 | Em7 D |
BRIDGE
D A
All those nights I dreamt of you
A
I wonder where they've gone
VERSE
Gmaj7
Girl when I burn, hell nothing's the same!
A Ab
I'll singe your pretty blonde lashes
Gmaj7
We're talking fire, we're talking flame
A Ab/C
We're talking ice into ashes
Gmaj7
But death is a small price for heaven
