Purple Window by the Fatima Mansions
From the Fatima Mansions’ 1992 Valhalla Avenue album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.
INTRO
[Dm] [Dmaj7]
[A6] [Dmaj7] (x2)
VERSE 1
[A6] He and she, their [Dmaj7] empty house
[A6] He’s awake, she [Dmaj7] sleeps
His [A6] eyes are for one [Dmaj7] sight alone
The [Em] pur [D] ple [Cmaj7] window [Em] [D] [Cmaj7]
VERSE 2
Now [A6] his desires, his [Dmaj7] secret wish
He [A6] never lets her [Dmaj7] see
Cause he [A6] keeps it here for the [Dmaj7] shape that lives
In the [Em] pur [D] ple [Cmaj7] window
The [Em] pur [D] ple [Cmaj7] window
The [Em] pur [D] ple [Cmaj7] window
The [Bb7] purple [Abmaj7] win [F] dow
INTERLUDE
[F] [Ab] [F6] [Cm] [F] [Fm] [F] [Fm] [F] [Fm] [F] [Fm] (x2)
[Am] Cele [Dm6] brations and [Am] perspi [Dm6] ration
And [Am] explo [Dm6] ration are [Am] gone [Em7] for [Cmaj7] good [Bm] now
[VERSE 3]
The [A6] end is sometimes [Dmaj7] hard to see
The [A6] way is wide and [Dmaj7] clear
But with con [A6] trition here, re [D6] mission there
Well, it [A6] could take weeks or [Cmaj7] years
And there’s the [Em] pur [D] ple [Cmaj7] window
The [Em] pur [D] ple [Cmaj7] window
The [Em] pur [D] ple [Cmaj7] window
VERSE 4
You know [Em] where [D] his [Cmaj7] love goes
And he can [Em] see the [D] girl [Cmaj7] dance
Every [Em] move, [D] every [Cmaj7] line
And he can [Em] see his [D] own [Cmaj7] funeral
In the [Bb7] purple [Abmaj7] win [F] dow
FADE
[F] [Ab] [F6] [Cm] [F] [Fm] [F] [Fm] [F] [Fm] [F] [Fm]