05
Jan
2025

Gloomy Sunday – Sarah McLachlan

Gloomy Sunday Lyrics and Chords

Gloomy Sunday is a song written by the Hungarian self-taught pianist and Composer Rezső Seress in 1933.

This version belongs to Sarah McLachlan.

Bm – x2443x
Bm/A – x0443x
G#m7b5 – 4x443x
Gmaj7 – 3x443x
F#7 – 242322
Em – 022000

Verse 1

Bm                      Bm/A
….. Sunday is gloomy,
G#m7b5             Gmaj7
… My hours are slumberless.
Bm                  Bm/A
… Dearest, the shadows
Gmaj7              F#7
I live with are numberless.
Em
…. Little white flowers
Em                      F#7
.. Will never awaken you.
Bm                         Bm/A
… Not where the black coach
….Gmaj7         F#7
Of sorrow has taken you.
Bm                    Bm/A
… Angels have no thought
G#m7b5        Gmaj7
… Of ever returning you.
Bm                         Bm/A
… Would they be angry
….Gmaj7         F#7                  Gmaj7
If I thought of joining you?
Gmaj7   F#7                   Bm     Bm/A
Gloooooomy             Sunday
Gmaj7   F#7                   Bm     Bm/A
Gloooooomy             Sunday
G#m7b5             Gmaj7

Verse 2

Bm                  Bm/A
…. Gloomy Sunday,
G#m7b5                 Gmaj7
… With shadows I spend it all.
Bm                       Bm/A
… My heart and I,
Gmaj7                      F#7
… Have decided to end it all.
Em
…. Soon there’ll be candles
Em                           F#7
And prayers that are said, I know.
Bm                       Bm/A
… Let them not weep,
………….Gmaj7                 F#7
Let them know that I’m glad to go.
Bm                   Bm/A
…. Death is no dream,
G#m7b5                  Gmaj7
.. And death I’m caressing you.
Bm                     Bm/A            Gmaj7
…. With the last breath of my soul,
……….F#7                Gmaj7
I’ll be blessing you …

Gmaj7   F#7                   Bm     Bm/A
Gloooooomy             Sunday
Gmaj7   F#7                   Bm     Bm/A
Gloooooomy             Sunday
G#m7b5             Gmaj7

Dreaming,
I was only dreaming.
I wake and I find you asleep
In the deep of my heart,
Dear …..
Bm                 Bm/A 
… Darling, I hope that
G#m7b5                             Gmaj7
.. And my dream never haunted you.
Bm                   Bm/A 
… My heart is telling you,
Gmaj7                F#7              Gmaj7
… How much I wanted you …
Gmaj7   F#7                   Bm     Bm/A
Gloooooomy             Sunday
Gmaj7   F#7                   Bm     Bm/A
Gloooooomy             Sunday
Gmaj7   F#7                   Bm     Bm/A
Gloooooomy             Sunday
G#m7b5         Gmaj7     Bm

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