Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Beginner
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
A minorAm C majorC FF G+G C majorC G+G
(bass walk down starting on 4th string E, D, BB on 5th)
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC FF
Honore is huddled near East 53rd
G+G C majorC
His life in a pile, not too far from the curb
A minorAm C majorC FF
It's come down to this place but he's not deterred
G+G C majorC G+G
Honore is huddled near East 53rd
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC FF
And Honore sits on the lower East Side
G+G C majorC
He's lost about everything except for his pride
A minorAm C majorC FF
A augmentedA man with a vision the visions denied
G+G C majorC G+G
And Honore sits on the lower East Side
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm
They used to say Honore wasn't all there
A minorAm C majorC G+G E minorEm
He'd a penchant for speeches and thousand-yard stares
FF G+G C majorC
They said that he fought when some half-breeds rebelled
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Sometimes he would weep and he'd whisper Riel
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC FF
Now Honore is buried in some pauper's grave
G+G C majorC
Of his archives, there wasn't much to be saved
A minorAm C majorC FF
49 boxes of books hauled away
G+G C majorC G+G
And a deed for some land Near a place called Duck Lake
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC FF
And Honore was old he said so it seemed
G+G C majorC
The last act of life left him far from his dreams
A minorAm C majorC FF
They took it away and it can't be redeemed
G+G C majorC
And Honore was all he said so it seemed
Verse:
A minorAm C majorC E minorEm
They used to say Honore wasn't all there
A minorAm C majorC G+G E minorEm
He'd a penchant for speeches and thousand-yard stares
FF G+G C majorC
They said that he fought when some half-breeds rebelled
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Sometimes he would weep and he'd whisper Riel
A minorAm G+G A minorAm
Sometimes he would weep and he'd whisper Riel