Merlins Lament chords by Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer

Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer - Merlin's Lament



INTRO: C  F  C  G

     C      C/B        F              C
In a castle keep, in a vault of stone
                  F          C     G
In a house at the end of the lane
   C       C/B          F          C
An old man weeps in his door alone
                      F          C
And he sings out this mournful refrain

CHORUS:
         F        C
She will not come back
         G        C
She will not come back
           F              C           G
Though the mountains fall down to the sea
        F            C               G           Am
And the sky burns to cinders and the rivers runs black
         F        G       C   G
She will not come back to me


   C         C/B           F             C
No lightning reed from his books of lore
                     F          C     G
And the staff in the corner, no fire
        C       C/B          F             C
And the crystal ball, always bright before
               F         C
Is grey as the dust of desire


CHORUS:
         F        C
She will not come back
         G        C
She will not come back
          F           C           G
Though we call on the powers that be
          F           C              G        Am
They will cipher this message in his cold zodiac
         F        C
She will not come back
         G        Am
She will not come back
         F        G       C   G
She will not come back to me


INSTRUMENTAL:  (## same as 1st Chorus ##)

             F  C  G  C  F  C  G  F  C  G  Am  F  G  C  G


    C      C/B        F              C
And joy my love was a dancing spring
                 F            C     G
And life was the touch of her lips
      C         C/B       F        C
And a brook ran mad to my cave downstream
                 F            C
From the miracle hills of her hips


CHORUS:
         F        C
She will not come back
         G        C
She will not come back
           F                C            G
Though the stars hang their tears in the trees
    F         C         G            Am
And tireless Orion lies spent in his tracks
         F        C
She will not come back
         G        Am
She will not come back
         F        G       Am  F
She will not come back to me
         C        G       C