THE SWORD AND THE PEN by Regina Spektor (from What We Saw from the Cheap Seats)
I managed to find a piano score sheet on this while on the internet and I noticed that it mainly plays
chords for its right hand so I transcribed it to guitar chords.
In the score, the chords have real different voicings, so the chords here have a lot of different bass
notes. If you find it hard playing different voicings, you could just play it using the basic root position
of the chords. RESPEKT!
[VERSE 1]
Cm Fm/C Fdim/B
Don't let me out of this kiss
Cm
Don't let me say what I say
Fm/Ab Bbadd2
The things that scare us today
Eb/G Eb/Bb Cm
what if they happen someday
Ab/C
Don't let me out of your arms
G7
For now
[VERSE 2]
Cm Fm/C Fdim/B
What if the sword kills the pen
Cm C
What if the God kills the man
Fm/C Bbadd2
And if he does it with love
Eb/G Eb/Bb Cm
Well then it's death from above
Ab/C G7
And death from above is still a death
[CHORUS]
Fm/Ab G Cm/G
I don't want to live without you
Fm/Ab G Cm/G
I don't want to live without you
Fm/Ab G Cm/G
I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you
Fm/Ab
I don't want to live, I don't want to live
G Cm/G Fm/Ab Bb Cm/G Fm/Ab Bb
Without you
[VERSE 3]
Cm Fm/C Fdim/B
For those who still can recall
Cm
The desperate colors of fall
Fm/Ab Bbadd2
The sweet caresses of May
Eb/G Eb/Bb Cm
Only in poems remain
Fm/Ab
No one recites them these days
G7
For the shame
[VERSE 4]
Cm Fm/C Fdim/B
So what if nothing is safe
Cm C
So what if no one is saved
Fm/C Bbadd2
No matter how sweet
Eb/G Eb/Bb Cm
No matter how brave
Fm/Ab G7
What if each to his own lonely grave
[CHORUS]
Fm/Ab G Cm/G
I don't want to live without you
Fm/Ab G Cm/G
I don't want to live without you
Fm/Ab G Cm/G
I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you
Fm/Ab G Cm/G
I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you
Fm/Ab G Cm/G
I don't want to live, I don't want to live without you
Fm/Ab
I don't want to live, I don't want to live
G Cm/G Fm/Ab Bb Cm/G Fm/Ab Bb Cm/G
Without you
