Patti Smith – Frederick
Guitar chords and lyrics of Frederick by Patti Smith
Published 1979
Original key Dmaj7
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Capo at second fret
Cmaj7 D Bm7 Em
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Hi hello wake from thy sleep
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God has given your soul to keep
Cmaj7 D Bm Em
all of the power that burns in the flame
. Cmaj7 D Bm E
ignites the light in a single name
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Frederick name of care
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fast asleep in a room somewhere
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guardian angels line a bed
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shed their light on my sleepy head
Cmaj7 D Bmin7 Em
Cmaj7 D Bmin7 Em
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I am a threshold yearning to sing
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down with the the dancers having one last fling
Cmaj7 D Bm Em
here’s to the moment when you said hello
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come on my spirit are you ready let’s go
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hi hi hey hey
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maybe I will come back some day now
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but tonight on the wings of a dove
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up above to the land of love
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Cmaj7 D Bm Em
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now I lay me down to sleep
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pray the Lord my soul to keep
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kiss to kiss breath to breath
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my soul surrenders astonished to death
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night of wonder for us to keep
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set our sails channel out deep
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after the rapture two hearts meet
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mine entwined in a single beat
Cmaj7 D Bm Em
Frederick you’re the one
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as we journey from sun to sun
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all the dreams I waited so long for
Cmaj7 D Bm Em
fly tonight so long so long
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bye bye hey hey
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maybe we will come back some day now
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but tonight on the wings of a dove
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up above to the land of love
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Frederick name of care
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high above in sky that’s clear
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all the things I’ve been dreamin’ of
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are expressed in this name of love
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hi hi hey hey
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maybe I will come back some day now
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