Chris de Burgh - Saint Peters Gate

saint peter’s gate
words & music by chris de burgh

G#m
i was lost in the dark ,
G#m/G# G#m
and the fear____ was in my heart ,
F# E
all around me the forest and the rain ,
G#m C#m/G#
then with the flash of a light , i saw___ it in the night ,
F# G#m
i must be getting near – saint peter’s gate!

G#m C#m G#m
when i went through the door , he was standing in the hall ,
F#7 G#m
an old man with a beard of shining white ,
C#m
he said “i’ve been expecting you , let me show you to your room” ,
F#7 G#m
and he took me all the way by candlelight ,
F#7 C#
and lying there on the bed , a book , black & red ,
E D#7sus4
my name was written on the front in gold ,
D#7 G#m C#m
and when i opened it up , there were pictures of my life ,
F#7 G#m – F#
and a voice began to call from down below;

E B
nobody will get through , nobody ,
F# G#m – G#/D#
not even you , can escape the judgement day ,
E B
nobody will be spared , heaven is only there ,
C#m D#7sus4 D#7 G#m C#m G#m F# G#m
for the ones who satisfy them at ________ – saint peter’s gate .

“come with me” said that old man , as he took me by the hand
“there is someone here that you have seen before ,
in this room on the left , a man who did his best ,
to bring joy and happiness to one and all;

but in that room on the right , a dictator in life ,
we’ve been waiting for him here , as you can tell ,
for all the blood he’s spilled ,
and for all the ones he’s killed ,
we condemn him to eternity in hell;

nobody will get through , nobody ,
not even you , can escape the judgement day ,
nobody will be spared , heaven is only there ,
for the ones who satisfy them at – saint peter’s gate .
C#m G#m
i woke up with the dawn , there was someone in my room ,
F#7 G#m
a woman , like an angel all in white ,
C#m
and then she told me “you must run , for your time has yet to come ,
F#7 G#m
go now , before they change their minds” ,

F#7
and from the window i saw ,
C#m
a thousand or more ,
E D#7
bringing that dictator to his knees ,
G#m
and his cries broke the sound ,
C#m
of my footsteps on the ground ,
F#7 G#m
as i made it to the safety of the trees :

nobody will get through ,
nobody not even you ,
can escape the judgement day ,
nobody will be spared ,
heaven is only there ,
for the ones who satisfy them at . . .
saint peters gate .

nobody will get through ,
nobody not even you ,
can escape the judgement day ,
nobody will be spared ,
heaven is only there ,
for the ones who satisfy them at ,
st peters gate .