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The Lap Of The Gods  - Dave Dobbyn
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NB. Some of the more complex chords have had their names abbreviated.
Fingerings shown in brackets.

INTRO:
C (x32010)   D+4 (x54030)   Bm6 (x24030)   C

VERSE 1: (chords as for intro)
Clamour drowning, skin flinching, language is a curse to be nameless
Rest in a dance for millions, primal now - more adventure
Go conjure up behind a shade, you got a while for adventure

CHORUS:
GG Piano Chord 
 (320003)              Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
 (022030)
In the lap of the Gods, in the twists of fate
Am7 (x02010)                C              D (xx0232)
There's a map of the world in the turning of the cloudlight
GG Piano Chord 
                       Em7Em7 Piano Chord 

In the map of the world go the twists of fate
Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
                      CC Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 
                GG Piano Chord 

In the lap of the Gods, in the turning of the cloudlight here

VERSE 2:
Go curl up inside a shadow, go dumb now - eat the light
And soak it up - gorgeous vista, ground vertigo - to be nameless

CHORUS (as before, without final G chord)

BRIDGE:
G5 (355xxx)   G7 (353xxx)   Cm/G (365xxx)   C5/G (335xxx)
G5G5 Piano Chord 
            G7G7 Piano Chord 
            Cm/GCm/G Piano Chord 


CC Piano Chord 
                  D+4
Go rest in a dance for millions
Bm6Bm6 Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 
                            DD Piano Chord 

You got a while for adventures in real time

CHORUS (as before)

OUTRO:
GG Piano Chord 
                       Em7/GEm7/G Piano Chord 
 (322030)
In the map of the world there's a twisted face
Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
                      CC Piano Chord 
              DD Piano Chord 

In the lap of the Gods, in the turning of the cloudlight here
GG Piano Chord 

There's a desert behind and the speeding shadows push me further
G/FG/F Piano Chord 
 (120003)         GG Piano Chord 
       G/FG/F Piano Chord 

In the cushion of the grass, in the soup of the harbour
GG Piano Chord 
                               G/FG/F Piano Chord 

In the glisten of the tar seal draped in the saddle of the hill
GG Piano Chord 
                     G/FG/F Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 

Shine, shine, in the lap of the Gods
G/F  G                     G/F  G (to fade)
Shine up, shine up, shine

\\\\   John Kean
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