Spirit Voices Chords & Lyrics Artist: Paul Simon

VERSE
 
 
 G7         G  C    C G C
We sailed up a river wide as a sea
 
G7                 G
   And slept on the banks
 
      C           C   G
On the leaves of a banyan tree
 
C  G7             G   C     C C    G      C C G
And    all of these spirit voices    rule  the night
Verse 2
 
C     G7         G     C          C G C
  Some stories are magical,   meant to he   sung
 
G7            G
Songs from the mouth of the river
 
C        C      G  C
When the world was young
 
G7              G   C     C C    G    G C C G
And all of these spirit voices    rule  the night
 
CHORUS
C   G
  By moon
 
  C
We walk
 
      D      Em
To the brujo's door
 
G        C      D      G
    Along a path of   river stones
 
G             C
Women with their nursing children
 
D            Em
Seated on the floor
 
G            C
    We join the fevers
 
       D       G    D7
And the   broken bones
 
VERSE 3
 
 
G    G7         G      C     C   G  C
  The candlelight flickers,   the falcon calls
 
G7             G            C        C  G C
   A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin wall
 
G7                 G   C     C C    G      C C G
   And all of these spirit voices    rule  the night
 
C     G7        G       C       C G  C
  Sing rainwater, sea water, river water, holy water
 
G7                G
Wrap this child in mercy, heal her
 
C    C  G  C
  Heaven's only daughter
 
G7             G   C     C C    G    G C C G
 All of these spirit voices    rule  the night
 
CHORUS
 
 
C G       C
My hands were numb
 
  D        Em
My feet were lead
 
G          C     D       G
    I drank a cup of   herbal brew
 
        G             C
Then the sweetness in the air
 
                 D              Em
Combined with the lightness in my head
 
     G          C     D               G
And I     heard the jungle breathing in the bamboo
 
 
INTERLUDE
 
 
Em D7  G
Sauda
 
G C     G C
Da licenca um momento
 
   D
Te lembro
 
   Em D7 G
Que a--man -- ha
 
G C       G C
Sera tudo ou sera naoa
 
  D     Em D7 G
Depende, co-ra  -  cao
 
G C        G C
Sera breve ou sera grande
 
  D7   Em D7 G
Depende da pai -- xao
 
G C     G C
Sera sujo, sera sonho
 
   D7   Em D7 G
Cuidado, co-ra  -  cao
 
G C     G C
Sera util, sera tarde
 
D7   Em D7 G
Se esmera, co-ra  -  cao
 
G C
E confia
 
GC        D  G7
Na  forca do amanha
 
C C G C G7 G C C G C
 
VERSE 4
 
 
G7         G
Lord of the earthquake
 
C    C      G C
  My trembling bed
 
G7             G
   The spider resumes the rhythm
 
      C  C G   C
Of his golden  thread
 
G                 G   C     C C    G7   G C C G C
  And all of these spirit voices    rule  the night
 
 
Repeat and fade:
 
G                 G   C     C C    G7   G C C G C
  And all of these spirit voices    rule  the night