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Rebeccas Lament chords by James Keelaghan

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James Keelaghan - Rebecca's Lament





CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7 Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC

                Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G
The last time I saw him, he'd been swallowed by the wood
         Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
I'd have followed if I could, he'd have stayed had he wanted
    Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
Had he the desire or had I the will
        Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
I would be with him still, but instead he just haunts me
  Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramFF
I knew when he faded, I'd ne'er see him again
    Chord diagramDmDm         Dm7/C            Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG+G
His laughter's embrace would no more me surround
    Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramG+G
The chill that went through me, is the chill wind that blows
Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7       Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
Through the soft midnight stillness of Chilicote town
INTERLUDE: Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7 Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC


                 Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramG+G
The smell of the blanket he wrapped 'round my shoulders
      Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Comes back to me now on a faint wisp of smoke
      Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Comes back with a vengeance that makes me remember
      Chord diagramA minorAm                Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
Those nights 'round the fire, when fond words we spoke
     Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC                       Chord diagramFF
That blanket was woven in some shattered village
        Chord diagramDmDm          Dm7/C     Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G
That is gone now forever, may never be found
    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
His people are scattered, their fondest hopes dashed
Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7     Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
He'd have been better off here in Chilicote town
INTERLUDE: Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7 Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC


                Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
I knew from the start just where he stood
 Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramFF               Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
About his intentions, there was no mistake
   Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
To stay, meant his dream, so dear to his heart
        Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Was the one thing he knew he must somehow forsake
   Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramC majorC                          Chord diagramFF
He just couldn't see that the old ways were passing
  Chord diagramDmDm           Dm7/C      Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA new wave was rising and he would be drowned
    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G
And like it or not, the history's written
Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7 Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
Not   in the forest, but in Chilicote town


INTERLUDE: Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7 Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC


                   Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G
There's sadness in parting from what we hold dear
          Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G
There's a danger in staying for fear we'll be lost
    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G
One half of us wishes to live out our dreams
    Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramG+G
The other half reckons and counts out the cost
       Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramC majorC                   Chord diagramFF
Though we may go on to a far greater glory
   Chord diagramDmDm            Dm7/C      Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG+G
By knowing where destiny is sure to be found
  Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramFF             Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G
I wish him no ill, though I wish him no fame
     Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7 Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramFF            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
Than such  fame as he'd find here in Chilicote town


INTERLUDE: Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramDdim7Ddim7 Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC


                Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G
The last time I saw him, he'd been swallowed by the wood
         Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramFF                Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G

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