Lament For Boromir chords by Karliene Reynolds

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
 C majorC         G+G    FF   G+G          A minorAm
Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows
            G+G       FF   G+G    A minorAm
The West Wind comes walking, and about the walls it goes.
  FF                     A minorAm   C majorC         FF
‘What news from the West, O wandering wind, do you bring to me tonight?
 A minorAm              G+G         A minorAm
Have you seen Boromir the Tall by moon or by starlight?
            G+G         DmDm   A minorAm    DmDm
‘I saw him ride over seven streams, over waters wide and grey,
  A minorAm        G+G   FF   DmDm    G+G   A minorAm
I saw him walk in empty lands until he passed away
  FF       A minorAm       G+G        FF
Into the shadows of the North, I saw him then no more.
 A minorAm                      G+G     A minorAm
The North Wind may have heard the horn of the son of Denethor,
  FF          A minorAm      G+G       FF
‘O Boromir! From the high walls westward I looked afar,
               A minorAm     G+G      A minorAm
But you came not from the empty lands where no men are.’

Verse 2:

 FF    A minorAm          G+G             DmDm    C majorC    DmDm
From the mouths of the Sea the South Wind flies, from the sandhills and the stones,
     A minorAm     G+G    FF    DmDm    G+G    A minorAm
The wailing of the gulls it bears, and at the gate it moans.
    FF            A minorAm          G+G       FF
‘What news from the South, O sighing wind, do you bring to me at eve?
A minorAm                G+G       A minorAm
Where now is Boromir the Fair? He tarries and I grieve.
           G+G          DmDm  A minorAm     DmDm
‘Ask not of me where he doth dwell – so many bones there lie,
     A minorAm         G+G   FF   DmDm    G+G   A minorAm
On the white shores and the dark shores under the stormy sky,
FF             A minorAm    G+G        FF
So many have passed down Anduin to find the flowing Sea.
            A minorAm        G+G         A minorAm
Ask of the North Wind news of them the North Wind sends to me!’
  FF      A minorAm       G+G          FF
‘O Boromir! Beyond the gate the seaward roads runs south,
              A minorAm           G+G      A minorAm  FF
But you came not with the wailing gulls from the grey sea’s mouth’.


Verse 3:

     A minorAm          G+G           DmDm    A minorAm    DmDm
From the Gate of the Kings the North Wind rides, and past the roaring falls,
    A minorAm     G+G    FF     DmDm  G+G  A minorAm
And clear and cold about the tower its loud horn calls.
    FF            A minorAm         G+G       FF
‘What news from the North, O mighty wind, do you bring to me today?
         A minorAm    G+G          A minorAm
What news of Boromir the bold? For he is long away.’
           G+G       DmDm  C majorC    DmDm
‘Beneath Amon Hen I heard his cry. Many foes he fought,
    A minorAm        G+G   FF   DmDm     G+G   A minorAm
His cloven shield, his broken sword, they to the water brought.
   FF         A minorAm        G+G         FF
His head so proud, his face so fair, his limbs they laid to rest,
  A minorAm               G+G        A minorAm
And Rauros, golden Rauros-falls, bore him upon its breast.
  FF      A minorAm       G+G           FF
‘O Boromir! The Tower of Guard shall ever northward gaze,
          A minorAm      G+G        A minorAm