Title: Last Sacrifice (Snape’s Song)
Fandom: Harry Potter
Character: Severus Snape
Key: C minor
Completed on: 4 June 2011
Notes: I have tried to capture a facet of the astoundingly complex Severus Snape in under three minutes, and I hope I have given what little justice I can to such an amazing man.
Download: Last Sacrifice (Snape’s Song) – mp3 (Mediafire)
Here we are in the Shrieking Shack
Here we are at the end at last
My hands are cold, my cloak is wet
From blood that flows down from my neckProgeny of my love and hate
Atonement is here, for all my mistakesBefore I can be free
I give you every memory
Take it all, my last sacrifice
And look at me with your mother’s eyesThis haunting pain is borne for you
This haunting pain is born from love
And every time I see your face
I’m reminded of all the choices I’ve madeProgeny of my love and hate
See how my Dark Mark begins to fade?Chorus
By request, here are the chords to the song. If you decide to make your own recording, please share it with me as I’d love to hear your take/s!
Cm Ddim
Here we are in the Shrieking Shack
Cm Bb
Here we are at the end at last
Cm Ddim
My hands are cold, my cloak is wet
Cm/Eb Bb/Eb
From blood that flows down from my neckAb Gm
Progeny of my love and hate
Ab Bb
Atonement is here, for all my mistakesEb Ab/Eb
Before I can be free
Fm Cm7
I give you every memory
Gm/D Fm
Take it all, my last sacrifice
Gsus4 Cm
And look at me with your mother’s eyesCm Ddim
The pain I feel is borne for you
Cm Bb
The pain I feel is born from love
Cm Ddim
And every time I see your face
Cm/Eb Bb/Eb
I’m reminded of all the choices I’ve madeAb Gm
Progeny of my love and hate
Ab Bb
See how my Dark Mark begins to fade?Eb Ab/Eb
Before I can be free
Fm Cm7
I give you every memory
Gm/D Fm
Take it all, my last sacrifice
Gm Cm
And look at me, with your mother’s eyesEb Ab/Eb
Before I can be free
Fm Cm7
I give you every memory
Gm/D Fm
Take it all, my last sacrifice
Gm Cm
And look at me, with your mother’s eyes
Fm
Look at me
Gsus4
Look at me
C
Look at me
hey! Could I get the chords for this song? It’s amazing! You did an incredible job of capturing such an amazing character.
Hi Ainsley, thanks for your comment! I’ve updated the page with chords, as requested. They might not be entirely accurate though, as I’ve left the chords on a napkin in Sydney and I’m currently in England without access to a piano, so I can’t check to make sure they’re all correct. If you decide to make your own recording, please share it with me as I’d love to hear your take/s!
Miss Samantha Lin,
Your song is perfect as it is — forget the chatter of others, YOU saw into the heart of a very complex character easy to misunderstand, and expressed your insight in human song, so absolutely beautiful, in melancholy sublime beauty not of this earth, bittersweet tears can be the only human response to…not rationalistic negative critique…
Congratulations on your aesthetic achievement, kindred soul. Let no one let you think your creative impulse regarding Snape, ever lacked a thing.
You made such a beautiful song! As beautiful as Snape’s love for Lily… Thanks for your heart-touching work. I love Snape and you describe his feeling amazingly. I downloaded it, thank you! :)
Okay, you just make me cry, it’s just beautiful *-* This is a perfect song and we can feel the love from Snape. And your voice it’s just awesome, the music too !
Congratulations for this beautiful song
(and sorry for my english, I’m french ^^’ )
The song is beautiful indeed…Thank you so much for the chords…
Do you have the instrumental version? I don’t have a piano so I could sing with the music if there was an instrumental version…:)
Hi Pratyusha, thanks for leaving a comment! Unfortunately, I don’t have an instrumental version of this, and I don’t intend to make one. I have a very bad habit of not writing down the (very few) musical pieces I come up with, so I’m afraid I don’t even know how the accompaniment goes, and will have to make it up every time!
However, I think there might be sound-editing programs out there that can “remove” the voice and leave just the piano accompaniment? Perhaps that might work. I’m sorry I can’t be of much help!
Alan rickman died
And now I’m crying for him
With your song
It’s really sad song, I can’t control my feeling
Thanks for your brilliant song
Lovely <3
Thanks for posting the chords.
Although, I was just thinking, you should do a piano tutorial sometime.
could you give me the score for piano please?
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you for this gorgeous and haunting song
My friend, Kimduy, and I covered your song.
https://youtu.be/tzT7KQrbK7Y
I have been a very big Alan Rickman fan through the years, and Severus was one of ny favorite of his roles.
When I learned of his death last year, I had a breakdown. I could not believe it happened– and so suddenly.
After discovering your song, I was once again filled with so many emotions, and missing Alan. So I asked my friend to cover this with me.
Thank you for composing this.
-Moonlight
Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful cover and your story. I hope you are comforted a little by the knowledge that so many of us carry Mr Rickman-shaped holes in our hearts.