Title: The Lost Chord
Artist: Arthur Sullivan, Adelaide A. Proctor
Genre: R&B
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T:The Lost Chord
T:The Lost Chord
T:Arthur Sullivan
T:Adelaide A. Proctor
C:Arthur Sullivan
Z:All Rights Reserved
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w: |Seat- ed one day at the|or- gan, I was|wea- ry and ill at|ease, and my|
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w: fin- gers wan- der'd|I- dly|O- ver the noi- sy|keys; I|know not what I was|
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w: play- ing, Or|what I was Dream- ing|then, But I|struck one chord of|
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w: mu- sic, Like the|sound of a great A-|men Like the|sound of a|
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w: Gr- e- a- t A-|men.|It|flood- ed the crim- son|twi- light, Like the|
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w: close of an An- gel's|Psalm, And it|lay on my fe- ver'd|spi- rit, With a|
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w: touch of..... * in- fi- nite|calm, It|qui- et- ed pain and|sor- row, Like|
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w: love o- ver- com- ing|strife, It|seem'd the har- mo- nious|e- * cho from|
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w: our dis... ... cord- ant|life, It|link'd all per- plex- ed|mean- ings In- to|
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w: one per- fect|peace, And|trem- bled a- way in- to|si- lence, As|if it were loth to|
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w: cease: I have|sought, but I seek it|vain- ly, That|one lost chord di-|vine, Which|
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w: came from the soul of the|or- gan And|en- ter'd in- to|mine. *|* It|
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w: may be that Death's bright|An- gel Will|speak in that chord a-|gain: It|may be that on- ly in|
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w: Heav'n I shall|hear that.. * grand A-|men It|may be that Death's bright|
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w: An- gel will|speak in that chord a-|gain, It|may be that on- ly in|
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w: Heav'n I shall|hear that|grand A-|men||