The Sacred Now

The Sacred Now Guitar Chords

Iris DeMent
Album : Workin' on a World

Key : Em

    [Intro]
Em (upstroke)
C  D  G G/F# Em
C  D  G
 
[Verse 1]
Em            C
 A dream come true
D              G   G/F#  Em
 From way back when
      C      Am
We remember
              D    Em
Then forget again
           A7   Am
Just for a while
       D        G
Then recall somehow
Em          C    D              G
  We're all here, in the sacred now
 
[Verse 2]
Em           C
 Time speeds by
D               G   G/F#  Em
 And then slows down
       C     Am
All is lost
             D     Em
Some hope is found
       A7   Am
In the night
         D        G   G/F#  Em
Hear the wise old owl
           C
It's not a dream
D                G   Em
 It's the sacred now
    Am    D      G
 Oh,  the sacred now
 
[Verse 3]
Em                  C
 Those who stand to gain
D              G    G/F#  Em
 Draw dividing lines
                       C    Am
You're over there with yours
                    D
I'm over here with minе
Em        A7    Am   D       G   G/F# Em
 We can't speak, and yet somеhow
        C     D           G
 We all share, the sacred now
Em          Am      D      G
Whoah oh-oh-oh, the sacred now
 
[Verse 4]
Em       C   D         G   G/F#  Em
 All for one,  one for all
             C
The earth is breathing
Am              D
 While dreamers fall
Em         Am
 See these walls
      D            G
Let's bring 'em on down
Em          C   D              G
 No need to wait in the sacred now
 
[Solo]
Em  C  D  G  G/F#
Em  C  Am  D
 
[Outro]
Em       Am          D      G
 Here we are holding on somehow
Em          C     D                G   G/F#  Em
 It's not a dream, it's the sacred now
Em         Am     D      G
Oh, oh-oh-oh the sacred now
Em         Am     D      G
Oh, oh-oh-oh the sacred now
Em         Am     D      G
Oh, oh-oh-oh the sacred now
Em         Am     D      G
Oh, oh-oh-oh the sacred now
Em         Am     D      G
Oh, oh-oh-oh the sacred now