Sisters Of The Cross chords

[INTRO]
[Am7] [Bm7] [C] [Am9]

[VERSE]
[Am9]The old gates are always locked
By the d[D7]aughter of the keys
[Am9]Sad eyes are fixed on the world
[D7]From the balcony
While the [C]six o'clock pro[D/B]cession
Take their p[D7/A]rayer books to the[Esus4] hall
It's [Am]sad to see them s[D]hed a tear
In[C]side the convent [Am7]walls

[Am9]Red mountains around them
[D7]Keep out those who'd come
[Am9]But only birds and wild deer
[D7]Share the lives of nuns
For l[C]adies who in k[D/B]indness
Burn the k[D7/A]nowledge they have[Esus4] found
Their k[Am]nowledge lies in[D]side a hole
B[C]uried in the gr[Am]ound

[CHORUS]
[Am7]For the Sisters of the [D9]Cross
[Am7]Seek the shadows that t[D9]hey have lost
[G]In the walls where t[C]heir lives
[G]Are protected by [C]God
[A7]But the feeling of [D9]love
[A7]Is somehwere in your [D9]bones
[C]Your body is wasted
When it s[Esus4]hould have been owned

[Am9]The Mother of the mission bells
[D7]Has lived here all her life
[Am9]She never felt the hands of man
[D7]Touch her in the night
And the can[C]opies that c[D/B]over her
So c[D7/A]old and so a[Esus4]fraid
T[Am]hinking holy mo[D]thers die
Like sp[C]insters in the g[D]rave

[Am9]To be single in the chapel
Praying[D7] knelt down on your knees
[Am9]Where the corridors are echoing
[D7]Their proud solemnity
And the c[C]andle light a[D/B]gainst the glass
Plays s[D7/A]hadow chasing [Esus4]tricks
As the y[Am]oung girls fall, their e[D]yes in tears
Bes[C]ide the cruci[Am]fix