Lancelot chords by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer

Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer - Lancelot


CAPO: 3rd Fret


INTRO: G

         C         D        G
Lancelot rode on a swayback mare
   Em       C            G         D
He won in a card game up north somewhere
       Em         Bm               C            Em
He was bottom-out lonesome, he was too tired to care
        C                     D
Keeping one step ahead of the rain

         G         C          D         G
Well, he blew into Broken Bow late last year
Em             C             G         D
Talking up the vision of his lost Guinevere
       Em              Bm           C        Am7
But he couldn't tell a grail from a glass of beer
      C           D     G
So he settled for Lady Elaine


CHORUS:
          D             C                      G
He sang, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C         C/B            D             G
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
    D            C                        G
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
    C             C/B             Am7  D
And I'll wash the years from your bed
     C                         D               G    C  D   G  C  D
With all the salt tears I have shed", Lancelot said


      G            C          D            G
Well, morning came sleepy and morning came slow
        Em       C             G          D
And the mirror revealed a face she didn't know
        Em          Bm        C          Em
And the last autumn robin was packing to go
    C                          D
As another year slipped by the way


       G            C               D               G
So she rose and she dressed and she pushed back the night
    Em         C           G            D
She put up her hair by the dawn's early light
        Em         Bm         C        Am7
And the man in her bed was an eagle in flight
      C           D           G
And a crooked old crow in the hay


CHORUS:
          D             C                      G
He sang, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C         C/B            D             G
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
    D            C                        G
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
    C              C/B       Am7  D
And I'll stain the lavenders red
     C                        D               G    C  D
With all of this good blood I shed", Lancelot said


INSTRUMENTAL: G  C  D  (3x)


    G           C          D           G
So, bugles blow golden and banners fly blue
    Em             C             G           D
But these days the castle's just drywall and glue
    Em         Bm               C            Em
And tilting at windmills is the best you can do
         C                            D
With the black knight of time on your lawn


   G          C          D          G
So I wouldn't know if he left or he stayed
Em           C              G          D
Prospered or starved by the promise he made
   Em       Bm            C        Am7
Or maybe he straggled and maybe he strayed
          C                 D          G
While the bright world went barrelling on


CHORUS:
          D             C                      G
Singing, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C         C/B            D             G
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
    D            C                        G
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
    C              C/B       Am7    D
And I'll bring you roses and bread
    C                         D
And we'll fashion gold out of lead
     C                    D
With all the illusions we shed", Lancelot said


OUTRO: G  C  D    G  C  D