Chord/Tab song: When Poets Dreamed of Angels

When Poets Dreamed Of Angels (David Sylvian)

Tuning: standard (EADGHE)

I found some live version of the song so I got the chords for the song figured out quite
There might still be a few mistakes though.

Chords used:

[Fmaj7-5] [Em] [A] [Am] [Bm] [F] [G] [Edim7] [Gm7] [Am(2)][Bbmaj7][Fm7][G#][A#][Dsus2]


--0------0--0--0--2--1--3--3-----3---5-----1------1---4--6---0-----|
--0------0--2--1--3--1--3--2-----3---5-----3------1---4--6---3-----|
--2------0--2--2--4--2--0--3-----3---5-----2------1---5--7---2-----|
--3------2--2--2--4--3--0--2-----3---7-----3------1---6--8---0-----|
--3------2--0--0--2--3--2--------5---7-----1------3---6--8---------|
--1------0-----------1--3--------3---5------------1---4--6---------|


Well here's how I play the intro part of the song. At some point a second guitar comes
to mix it up, but here's my one-guitar version.

Intro:



---------------------------------------------------------------------|
-(12)-(7)-15-15-15p12------------------------------------------------|
-(12)-(7)-------------11-11h12p11----11-12-14-11---------------------|
-(12)-(7)-------------------------14-------------12----12/14---------|
-(12)-----------------------------------------------14---------------|
-(12)----------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------(7)--------------------------------------------------|
----------------(7)-------------(7)----------------------------------|
----------------(7)--------------------------------------------------|
-10p9-------9-7-------------(5)---------5---10-10-10p9-7-5-7/9-7-----|
------10h12-------------(5)-----------9------------------------------|
--------------------(7)-------------7-----8--------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------(5)-----------------|
---------------------------7h9-9-------------(5)---------------------|
-9-------------------7/9-----------------(5)-------------------------|
---10-9---9-10-9---------------------(5)-----------------------------|
--------7--------7---------------(7)---------------------------------|


And then:

Em, Fmaj7-5, Em, Fmaj7-5, Em, A

Verse:

[Fmaj7-5]She rises early from [Em]bed, [Fmaj7-5]runs to the mirror.
The [Em]bruises [A]inflicted in [Am]moments of [Bm]fury.[Em]
[Fmaj7-5]He kneels beside her once [Em]more, [Fmaj7-5]whispers of promise
[Em]"Next time I'll [A]break every [Am]bone in your [Bm]body.".[Em]
[F]And the well-wishers [G]let the devil in.[A]
And if the [F]river ran dry they'd [G]deny it happening.[A]

Bridge:

[Edim]As the card players [F]steal their hands from the [Edim]bottom of the [F]deck.
[Am]Row upon row of [G]feudal houses [Gm7]blown away.[Am]
[Bbmaj7]Medicine for the [Fm7]popular com[Gm7]plaint.[G#][A#]

Chorus:

[Em]When the poets dreamed of [Fmaj7-5]angels, [Em]what did they see?
[A]History lined [Am]up in a [Dsus2]flash on their [Fmaj7-5]backs.
[Em]When the poets dreamed of [Fmaj7-5]angels, [Em]what did they see?
The [A]Bishops and [Am]knights well [Dsus2]placed to [Fmaj7-5]attack.

Now it should be quite close to how it's played. At least this is how he played the
at one live show I watched. Not completely sure about the Bm there, but I think it is it.

Tabbed by Kari Knt