Humbled in Love

Chords: 
 
Cadd9:        x32033 
G#dim:        456464  or  xx0101 
Fmaj7:        xx3210 
 
Intro: E.. ...| 
       E.. Am6/e..|E7.. Am/e..|E7.. Am/e..|E.. ...|         (see tab below) 
 
       E.. Am/e..|E7.. Am/e..|E7.. Am/e..|Cadd9.. ...| 
       G#7.. ...|G7.. ...|G7.. ...| 
 
G         G#dim             Am 
Do you remember all those pledges 
           G            G#dim      Am 
That we pledged in the passionate night 
              C                              G 
Ah, they‘re soiled now, they‘re torn at the edges 
      Cm                      G#7     G7 
Like moths on a stale yellow light 
 
Nor penance serves to renew them, 
Nor massive transfusions of trust 
Why not even revenge can undo them 
     Cm                        G 
So twisted these vows and so crushed 
 
                         A# 
And you say you‘ve been humbled in love 
     F 
Cut down in your love 
            A# 
Forced to kneel in the mud 
        F 
Next to me 
        A# 
Ah, but why so bitterly 
 F 
Turn from the one 
      Am 
Who kneels there 
    Fmaj7      E 
As deeply as thee 
 
Children have taken these pledges 
They have ferried them out of the past 
Oh beyond all the graves and the hedges 
Where love must go hiding at last 
 
And here where there is no description 
Oh here in the moment at hand 
No sinner need rise up forgiven 
No victim need limp to the stand 
 
And you say you‘ve been humbled in love 
Cut down in your love 
Forced to kneel in the mud 
Next to me 
Ah, but why so bitterly 
Turn from the one 
Who kneels there 
As deeply as thee 
 
And look dear heart, look at the virgin 
Look how she welcomes him into her gown 
Yes and mark how the stranger‘s cold armor 
Dissolves like a star falling down 
 
Why trade this vision for desire 
When you may have them both 
You will never see a man this naked 
I will never hold a woman this close 
 
And you say you‘ve been humbled in love 
Cut down in your love 
Forced to kneel in the mud 
Next to me 
Ah, but why so bitterly 
Turn from the one 
Who kneels there 
As deeply as thee 
 
 
 
The intro can be played like this: 
 
 
    E 
    | .  .  .  .  . 
E|--0----------------| 
B|--0----------------| 
G|--1----------------| 
D|--2----------------| 
A|--2----------------| 
E|--0----------------| 
 
    E        Am6/e    E7       Am/e 
    |  .  .  .  .  .  |  .  .  .  .  . 
E|--0--------2--------4--------5--------| 
B|--0--------1--------2--------5--------| 
G|--1--------2--------4--------5--------| 
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--0--------0--------0--------0--------| 
 
    E7       Am/e     E 
    |  .  .  .  .  .  |  .  .  .  .  . 
E|--7--------8--------0-----------------| 
B|--5--------5--------0-----------------| 
G|--7--------5--------1-----------------| 
D|--------------------2-----------------| 
A|--------------------2-----------------| 
E|--0--------0--------0-----------------| 
 
    E        Am/e     E7       Am/e 
    |  .  .  .  .  .  |  .  .  .  .  . 
E|--4--------5--------7--------8--------| 
B|--5--------5--------5--------5--------| 
G|--4--------5--------7--------5--------| 
D|--------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------| 
E|--0--------0--------0--------0--------| 
 
    E        Am/e     Cadd9 
    |  .  .  .  .  .  |  .  .  .  .  . 
E|--7--------5--------3-----------------| 
B|--5--------5--------3-----------------| 
G|--7--------5--------0-----------------| 
D|--------------------2-----------------| 
A|--------------------3-----------------| 
E|--0--------0--------------------------| 
 
    G#7               G7 
    |  .  .  .  .  .  |  .  .  .  .  . 
E|--4-----------------3-----------------| 
B|--4-----------------3-----------------| 
G|--5-----------------4-----------------| 
D|--4-----------------3-----------------| 
A|--6-----------------5-----------------| 
E|--4-----------------3-----------------|