Intro:
F Dm C
F Dm C
verse 1
F Dm C F Dm C
Fifteen keys, fifteen keys hang on a chain
F Dm C F Dm C
The chain is joined, the chain is joined and forms a ring
F Dm C F Dm C
The ring is in, the ring is in a woman's hand
F Dm C F Dm C
She's walking on, she's walking on the dusty ground
D G
The dusty ground's a dead-end track
A Bm
The neighbors won't be coming back
D G
Fifteen gardens overgrown
A Bm
Fifteen houses falling down
verse 2
F Dm C
F Dm C
F Dm C F Dm C
The woman's old, the woman's old and dressed in black
F Dm C F Dm C
She keeps her hands, she keeps her hands behind her back
F Dm C F Dm C
Imagine what, imagine what her eyes have seen
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We ask but she, we ask but she won't let us in
D G
A key so simple and so small
A Bm
How can it mean no chance at all?
D G
A key, a promise, or a wish
A Bm
How can it mean such hopelessness?
Outro
A G D
A G D
"A circle is broken", she says
A G D
"A circle is broken", she says
F Dm C
F Dm C