Chords with lyrics
James Keelaghan - Rebecca's Lament
CAPO: 2nd Fret
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The last time I saw him, he'd been swallowed by the wood
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I'd have followed if I could, he'd have stayed had he wanted
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Had he the desire or had I the will
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I would be with him still, but instead he just haunts me
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I knew when he faded, I'd ne'er see him again
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His laughter's embrace would no more me surround
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The chill that went through me, is the chill wind that blows
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Through the soft midnight stillness of Chilicote town
INTERLUDE: FF C majorC G+G Ddim7Ddim7 A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
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The smell of the blanket he wrapped 'round my shoulders
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Comes back to me now on a faint wisp of smoke
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Comes back with a vengeance that makes me remember
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Those nights 'round the fire, when fond words we spoke
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That blanket was woven in some shattered village
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That is gone now forever, may never be found
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His people are scattered, their fondest hopes dashed
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He'd have been better off here in Chilicote town
INTERLUDE: FF C majorC G+G Ddim7Ddim7 A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
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I knew from the start just where he stood
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About his intentions, there was no mistake
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To stay, meant his dream, so dear to his heart
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Was the one thing he knew he must somehow forsake
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He just couldn't see that the old ways were passing
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A augmentedA new wave was rising and he would be drowned
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And like it or not, the history's written
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Not in the forest, but in Chilicote town
INTERLUDE: FF C majorC G+G Ddim7Ddim7 A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
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There's sadness in parting from what we hold dear
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There's a danger in staying for fear we'll be lost
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One half of us wishes to live out our dreams
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The other half reckons and counts out the cost
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Though we may go on to a far greater glory
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By knowing where destiny is sure to be found
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I wish him no ill, though I wish him no fame
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Than such fame as he'd find here in Chilicote town
INTERLUDE: FF C majorC G+G Ddim7Ddim7 A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
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The last time I saw him, he'd been swallowed by the wood
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