Chords with lyrics
Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer - Lancelot
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: G+G
C majorC D MajorD G+G
Lancelot rode on a swayback mare
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
He won in a card game up north somewhere
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC E minorEm
He was bottom-out lonesome, he was too tired to care
C majorC D MajorD
Keeping one step ahead of the rain
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Well, he blew into Broken Bow late last year
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Talking up the vision of his lost Guinevere
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC Am7Am7
But he couldn't tell a grail from a glass of beer
C majorC D MajorD G+G
So he settled for Lady Elaine
CHORUS:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
He sang, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C majorC C/BC/B D MajorD G+G
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
D MajorD C majorC G+G
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
C majorC C/BC/B Am7Am7 D MajorD
And I'll wash the years from your bed
C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD
With all the salt tears I have shed", Lancelot said
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
Well, morning came sleepy and morning came slow
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
And the mirror revealed a face she didn't know
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC E minorEm
And the last autumn robin was packing to go
C majorC D MajorD
As another year slipped by the way
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
So she rose and she dressed and she pushed back the night
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
She put up her hair by the dawn's early light
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC Am7Am7
And the man in her bed was an eagle in flight
C majorC D MajorD G+G
And a crooked old crow in the hay
CHORUS:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
He sang, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C majorC C/BC/B D MajorD G+G
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
D MajorD C majorC G+G
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
C majorC C/BC/B Am7Am7 D MajorD
And I'll stain the lavenders red
C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD
With all of this good blood I shed", Lancelot said
INSTRUMENTAL: G+G C majorC D MajorD (3x)
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
So, bugles blow golden and banners fly blue
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
But these days the castle's just drywall and glue
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC E minorEm
And tilting at windmills is the best you can do
C majorC D MajorD
With the black knight of time on your lawn
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
So I wouldn't know if he left or he stayed
E minorEm C majorC G+G D MajorD
Prospered or starved by the promise he made
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC Am7Am7
Or maybe he straggled and maybe he strayed
C majorC D MajorD G+G
While the bright world went barrelling on
CHORUS:
D MajorD C majorC G+G
Singing, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C majorC C/BC/B D MajorD G+G
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
D MajorD C majorC G+G
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
C majorC C/BC/B Am7Am7 D MajorD
And I'll bring you roses and bread
C majorC D MajorD
And we'll fashion gold out of lead
C majorC D MajorD
With all the illusions we shed", Lancelot said
OUTRO: G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD