Glistening Bay chords by Thea Gilmore

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: A

Difficulty: Intermediate

Words by Sandy Denny
Music by Thea Gilmore
From the album "Don't stop singing" (2011).

Special chord forms
  Am7/E  D2/A
e   0     0
b   5     7
G   5     7
D   5     7
A   0     0
E   0     x

Intro:
A Asus4 A Asus4

Chorus:
           A          D        A
Oh, those hills were tall and winding
         C#m              D
And the roads they did divide
         D           E        D
When we reached the top, we stopped
    G            D     E
To see over the side
         A      D        A
Oh, the fickle sea I've always loved
 C#m            D
Unto this very day
  D     E         F#m        E
I do recall that city far below
      G       D         A
Just like a glistening bay

Verse 1:
      A                 Am7/E
And from the bay, they grew the sky
          D2/A          D/A
And every universe was there
    A               G      D       E
Reflecting all the surface of the earth
  A                Am7/E
Upon the road, between my toes
   D2/A              D/A
I felt blue grassy threads
        C                   Em
And a chill wind caught my heart
                G     D       A
And raised the hair upon my head

Verse 2:
    A                  Am7/E
I thought of home the whole night long
      D2/A              D/A
And where the time had gone
   A              G
I sat there on a high cliff top
  D               E
Upon the warming land
   A                 Am7/E
The perfumed cedars caught the wind
     D2/A          D/A
Blown in from open sea
   C               Em
I hid a precious stone I held
   G       D         A
Inside a weathered tree

Chorus:
           A          D        A
Oh, those hills were tall and winding
         C#m              D
And the roads they did divide
         D           E        D
When we reached the top, we stopped
    G            D     E
To see over the side
         A      D       A
Oh, the fickle sea I've always loved
 C#m            D
Unto this very day
  D     E         F#m        E
I do recall that city far below
      G       D         A
Just like a glistening bay

Instrumental:
A  G  D

Verse 3:
   A                Am7/E
A handful of small flowers
            D2/A            D/A
Which were nestling in the grass
    A                 G
I tossed them to the sky
     D                    E
And watched them as they danced
         A              Am7/E
Oh, the fickle see I've always loved
 D2/A          D/A
Unto this very day
   C                    Em
I see those flowers go floating down
   G          D         A
Towards the glistening bay

Chorus:
           A          D        A
Oh, those hills were tall and winding
         C#m              D
And the roads they did divide
         D           E        D
When we reached the top, we stopped
    G            D     E
To see over the side
         A      D       A
Oh, the fickle sea I've always loved
 C#m            D
Unto this very day
  D     E         F#m
I do recall that city
  D     E         F#m        E
I do recall that city far below
      G       D         A
Just like a glistening bay
      G       D         A
Just like a glistening bay

Outro:
 A G D A