Loni chords by Gordon Bok

Intro:
D  Am  D   G   Am   D   G

Verse:

      Am                 G                   C           G
High along the John Muir trail, from Whitney toward Star King

        Am            Em          C       D        G
Lon and I set pace to reach Yosemite that spring

              Am            G                C    G
And like some dream of Gulliver, we spied El Capitan

             Am                 Em                   C   D     C
Wild gables, spires and granite walls, not shaped by any man

                               G         C            D
Night fell like talus from the stone and Loni said to me

Chorus:

          C         D        G    G/F# Em
Douse the fire, but keep the flame

             Am        D     G
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne

          C         D        G    G/F# Em
Douse the fire, but keep the flame

             Am        D     G
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne

Verse:

D          Am             G                       C         G
Black bear roamed the tamarack, from Cloud's Rest to Cock's Comb

             Am                   Em                     C         D      C
Where silent snowmelts filled the streams that burst and thundered down

                            G     C            D
And where Tanaya caught the moon, Loni said to me

Chorus:

          C         D        G    G/F# Em
Douse the fire, but keep the flame

             Am        D     G
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne

          C         D        G    G/F# Em
Douse the fire, but keep the flame

             Am        D     G
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne

Verse:

D            Am          G                      C      G
From Dogwood and Sequoia stands, we climbed the Vernal Trail

             Am               Em                  C      D      C
By Big-leaf, maple shine with mist, we scaled the Bridal Veil

                                G     C              D
And where Half-Dome, the hooded hawk, set her shadow free

Chorus:

              C         D        G    G/F# Em
We doused the fire, but kept the flame

             Am        D     G
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne

          C         D        G    G/F# Em
Douse the fire, but keep the flame

             Am        D     G
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne

Instrumental:
D  Am  D   G   Am   D   G   Am   D

Verse:

            Am              G                 C         G
Now I know around Cathedral Peak, the seasons cloud and clear

                     Am              Em                  C      D       C
And it seems I can't quite count the years since Lon and I were there

                   G                    C             D
Still when all the darkness falls, it's Loni close to me

Chorus:

          C         D        G    G/F# Em
Douse the fire, but keep the flame

             Am        D     G
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne

          C         D        G    G/F# Em
Douse the fire, but keep the flame

             Am        D     G
'Til morning warms old Tuolemne