The Beat Of Her Heart by Michael GungorKey: EmEm | Capo: 0fr | |Verse 1: Em F#m Bm She was a tempest Her beauty a storm G#m A E Oh her eyes they were filled with the sun C#m D A# She would dance while I played her my songs Gm Am B Em The earth stood while she danced alone Verse 2: Bm He was a tempest His craving a storm B A G He lusted her body from deep in the grove C#m Enraptured or captured D Betrayed or betrothed Gm Am She would be his B Em She’d be his alone Chorus: Em G F#m D So she ran, oh she ran from the satyr’s chase G C# F# She ran for her love and her life G She tred on a snake F#m E C Am G#m G Venom replaced both the beat of her heart and the song in mine G E B Em The beat of her heart and the song in mine Verse 3: Em F#m Bm The music was morning A requiem cry D#m B Em I wept with my songs for the love of my life C#m A D It broke all the hearts of the gods in the skies C F#m Em I played my guitar and the earth opened wide Bridge: C D Em How I played, oh I played in the underworld C F#m B Oh, I played for my love and her life C D Oh, I pled with the gods Em Give her back F E Give a beat to her heart and a song to mine A# Em The beat of her heart and the song in mine Verse 4: Em F#m Bm Hades responded, a glint in his eye B I grant you your plea Em You may leave with your wife C A With one small request D A# I suggest you obey G Am B Em You mustn’t look back as you walk away Chorus: A G F#m E So we ran oh we ran to the dawning light G C# F# Oh we ran for our love and our lives G A Bm Em Am Once again I would hear the sweet sound of the beat of her heart G#m G And the song in mine F Em B Em The beat of her heart and the song in mine Verse 5: C My mind was a tempest My doubt was a storm G#m I turned back to see A E She really had come C#m Just as our eyes met D A# She faded from sight Gm Am B Em That’s when I knew I would never find F G Dm Em The beat of her heart or the song in mine