Chris de Burgh - The Mirror Of The Soul

chris de burgh – the mirror of the soul
from the album : the storyman ( 2006 )
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intro : Bm G Bm G Bm F# Bm F# Bm F# Bm

Bm F#m Bm
brother , there’s a man at the gate , he has something in his hand ,
G
he says it fell down from the sky , should i let him in?
Bm
maybe it’s an omen , maybe it will take away our sin , our sin . . . . .

Bm F#m Bm
’tis a diamond that he has , the biggest one i’ve ever seen ,
G
and when he holds it in his hand , it’s shining like the sun ,
A
he says it’s from another world , he calls it the mirror of the soul ,

D Bm G A D Bm G A
we must place it on the altar high , send the devil to the fire ,
E D A G G A Bm
power over men we’ll have when they see it shine , when they see it shine ,

Bm F#m Bm
brother , fetch the abbot now , tell him of this wondrous thing ,
G
tell him that we’ll have control of all the riches it will bring ,
Bm
when people come to see it , for money we will purify their souls , their souls ,

Bm F#m Bm
with my knife i’ll kill this man , i’ll send him to the promised land ,
G A
and when we take the diamond , we will have the future in our hands , in our hands ,

D Bm G A D Bm G A
when we place it on the altar high , send the devil to the fire ,
Em D A G G A D Bm G A D Bm G A D
power over men we’ll have when they see it shine , when they see it shine!

Bm
Bm D A G
that’s how it started , that whole new religion , and people everywhere ,
G D Em F#
had to give up all their possessions at the abb st . pierre ,
Bm D A E
but with their gold they could buy a redemption , and the promise of eternal life ,
G D A
and the centre of it all was a diamond divine ,

D Bm G A D Bm G A
it was up there on the altar high but for the monks it would not shine ,
Em D A G A Bm
so with subterfuge they used the light of the sun , fooling everyone ,

Bm D A G
it was late at night when a young boy was in there with his friends ,
G D Em F#
and they dared him up to the altar , to touch the famous gem ,
Bm D A E
and when he did , the whole place exploded with a great and wonderful light ,
G D A
and the people came from everywhere to see ,

D G A D G A
when he took it from the altar high , everyone could make it shine ,
Em D A G
except the abbot and his men , for them , no light ,
A D Bm G A D Bm G A Em D A G A D
they could not make it shine .

Dm A# C
F C F A# Dm Gm
and in the end , many heard the brothers , making confession of the ,
A# C
things they had done ,
F C F A# F
and the abbot led that sad procession , as they went through the ,
C A# C F
gate past the place where it had begun

C Dm A# C A#
and all their dreams of glory , all their schemes and stories ,
F Gm C
would come to nothing after all ,
Dm A# Am A#
because a power greater from the world’s creator ,
F C Dm A#
gave us love to light the mirror of the soul ,
F C F
only love can light the mirror of the soul ,

F C F A# F Gm
all through the world , there are many others , who always follow
A# C
everything they are told ,
F C F A# F C
by men with rules and regulations , using old superstitions and
A# C F
tales to assume control ,

C Dm A# C A#
but all their dreams of glory , all their schemes and stories ,
F Gm C
will come to nothing after all ,
Dm A# Am A#
because a power greater from the world’s creator ,
F C Dm A#
gave us love to light the mirror of the soul ,
F C F Dm A# C A#
only love can light the mirror of the soul ,
F Gm C
they come to nothing after all ,
Dm A# Am A#
because a power greater from the world’s creator ,
F C Dm A#
gave us love to light the mirror of the soul ,
F C F
only love can light the mirror of the soul .