St. Peter's gate Chris De Burgh
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as lost in the dark, and the fear was in my heart,G
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l around me the forest and the rain.Am
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n with the flash of a light, I saw it in the night,G
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I must be getting near Saint Peter's Gate !
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n I went through the door, he was standing in the hall,G
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old man with a beard of shining white,Am
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said, "I've been expecting you, let me show you to your room",G
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d he took me all the way by candlelight.G
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d lying there on the bed, a book, black & red,F
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name was written on the front in gold,Am
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when I opened it up, there were pictures of my life,G
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d a voice began to call from down below.F
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body will get through,G
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body, not even you, can escape the judgement day.F
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body will be spared, heaven is only there,Dm
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e ones who satisfy them at Saint Peter's Gate.[
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ot;Come with me," said that old man, as he took me by the hand,D
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uot;There is someone here that you have seen before.Em
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this room on the left, a man who did his best,D
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bring joy and happiness to one and all.D
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t in that room on the right, a dictator in life,C
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've been waiting for him here, as you can tell.Em
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all the blood he's spilled, and for all the ones he's killed,D
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condemn him to eternity in hell.+ CHORUS +
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oke up with the dawn, there was someone in my room,D
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woman, like an angel all in white,Em
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then she told me, "You must run, for your time has yet to come,D
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now, before they change their minds",D
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d from the window I saw, a thousand or more,C
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inging that dictator to his knees.Em
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his cries broke the sound, of my footsteps on the ground,D
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I made it to the safety of the trees.+ CHORUS +
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