Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
G+G D MajorD C majorC
A augmentedA crack appeared inside a wall
G+G D MajorD G+G
A augmentedA door sprang up around it
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Each of these so finely drawn
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
I could not believe I found it
Refrain:
G+G D9sus
A augmentedA wildish wind blew it open wide
G+G D9sus
My childish mind followed on outside
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
And so I found myself among
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
My heart's delight surrounded
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC
A augmentedA world of wonder lay without
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
It was all of nature's calling
G+G C majorC
With field and forest, clouds and sun
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Cascades of salt water falling
Refrain:
G+G D9sus
With heights and valleys, dark ravines
G+G D9sus
Ivy thick and wild, deep and thorny scenes
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
And yet each thing did love its place
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
In the lap of all of nature's sprawling
Bridge:
G7/D D9sus
And so and so it goes
G7/D D9sus
And so and so it goes
Verse 3:
G+G D MajorD C majorC
I asked the one whose land it was
G+G D MajorD G+G
If I could have a token
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
To take with me back to the other side
G+G D MajorD G+G
To have and to keep unspoken
Refrain:
G+G D9sus
I asked three times and was thrice denied
G+G D9sus
I asked again without my pride
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
And found I'd lost that world I'd lived
G+G D MajorD G+G
Returned as one now broken
Refrain:
G+G D9sus
A augmentedA crumb, a rag, a withered leaf
G+G D9sus
In the chilly winds of cold relief
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
I knew myself as I had been
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
As from a dream awoken
Bridge:
G7/D D9sus
And so and so it goes
G7/D D9sus
And so and so it goes
Outro:
G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC
But then a crack appeared inside a wall
G+G D MajorD G+G
And a door sprang up around it