Intro: G#m   F#   E   D#m   G#m   F#   E   D#m (vocalise)

E                                     D#m       C#m
The sisters worked for the people round them
                                           G#m7
Their spanish lace wove some bread for the poor
                      C#m
And they cared and tried,
                           D#                    G#m           C#m  D#7
But were worn with their fears and the years of heartbreak


Dust and wine stained the men who knew them
The sweat of days in the angry sun
And the men were weak, and they cried, and they asked
"Sisters make us Holy".

The sisters prayed, give us hope for something
The men asked where is your God today?
And the empty eyes as the sisters prayed
Held the thoughts unspoken     

C#m        D#      G#m             C#m    
There was nothing they could do
           F#       B               A#
Earth was dust for miles around
               D#m                           
Nothing new survived
C#m                     G#m         E
Everything was barren on the land
        C#m                        F#              G# 
And the truth  they tried to understand just died