Affairs of the heart
D - G
- D - G
D G
1. She looked at me across
the room, emerging from a silk cocoon,
D G
alone beneath Venetian chandeliers.
D G
Against the moon
her body rocks, her eyes were cunning like a fox,
D G
the wings of
passion fly on all frontiers.
A G
From this fire there’s no returning, no escape, your heart is burning,
A G
love becomes a lethal weapon, no
one is too smart,
D - G D - G
in affairs of the heart, in
affairs of the heart.
D G
2. Now upon the bridge she
waits, dreaming of our tangled fates,
D G
her face was like a ghost with eyes of
jade.
D G
Fell just like a falling star, a victim of
this coup d’etat,
D G
I could not see
behind this masquerade.
A G
From this fire there’s no returning, no escape, your heart is burning,
A G
love becomes a lethal weapon, be
careful where you start
D - G D - G
in affairs of the heart, in affairs of the heart,
Dm
- C
in affairs of the heart.
F
G F -
C
+ Sometimes I think I’ll never learn,
F G F - C
were
all those promises in vain ?
F G A - F - G
Do the wings of fire still remain ? - - -
+ D - G - D - G
D G
3. All is fair in love and war, the tender draw, the shortest straw,
D G
like autumn leaves they vanish in the air.
D G
Is this the time we say goodbye ? I call her room, there’s no reply,
D G
tonight we end this fleeting love affair.
A G
From this fire there’s no returning, no escape, your heart is burning,
A G
love becomes a lethal weapon,
sharper than a dart
D - G D
- G
in affairs of the heart, in affairs of the heart,
D - G - D - G
in affairs of the heart.
D - G - D - G
In affairs of the heart ....
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)