The Red Door chords by The Handsome Family

The Red Door
From the album Unseen


Intro:

C Dm Em Dm C


Verse 1:

C            Dm
You appeared upon the white shore
Em  Dm        C
on a dark and moonless eve
C            Dm
I led you through the stone gate,
Em    Dm     C     C/B Am
torches spitting in the breeze

Chorus:

Am           Em   Eb
All around our palace glistened,
Dm              Am  Em
splashed with waves from the sea,
  Dm           C
but you shone bright as a thousand suns
     G    C
in your gown of ivory


Verse 2:

C          Dm
One thing, I ask of you, my love
Em  Dm       C
as I comb your white-gold hair
C               Dm
Only stay your hand from the red door,
Em    Dm      C     C/B Am
the red door beneath the stairs


Chorus:

Am       Em       Eb
The red door under the stairs,
Dm            Am  Em
the red door under the stairs
Dm            C
Stay your hand from that old, black lock
     G  G7      C
There's nothing to see in there


Interlude:

C Dm Em Dm C (x2)


Verse 3:

C             Dm
Why do you stand so many hours
Em   Dm     C
staring out across the sea?
C               Dm
Why do you slip out past the black drapes
Em     Dm       C  C/B Am
when I pretend that I'm asleep?


Chorus:

Am        Em   Eb
And even in the bright sun
Dm             Am Em
as we walk the bone-white beach
Dm            C
You put your ear to the whispering shells
   G  G7      C
and turned away from me


Verse 4:

C          Dm
Red in your dress's hem tonight,
Em   Dm         C
a red flash in your roving eye
C            Dm
Why the tremor in your soft hands
Em   Dm     C    C/B Am
when I pull you to my side?


Chorus:

Am           Em  Eb
The red door and what's inside,
Dm            Am  Em
the red door and all it hides
Dm          C
Stare away across the ocean waves,
    G G7         C
but I know what you've seen tonight


Outro: