Celia chords by Phil Ochs

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
FF G+G C majorC

1st verse:
G+G                 FF          C majorC
When the wind from the island is rollin' through the trees
    G+G              FF       C majorC
When a kiss from a prison cell is carried in the breeze
 FF      E minorEm     FF       C majorC
That's when I wonder how sad a man can be
 FF       G7G7      C majorC   FF  G+G  C majorC
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

2nd verse:
G+G          FF         C majorC
I still remember the mountains of the war
    G+G       FF     C majorC
Sierra Madre and the Philipino shore
 FF    E minorEm       FF         C majorC
When will I lie beside my Celia 'neath the trees?
FF       G7G7      C majorC   FF  G+G  C majorC
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

3rd verse:
G+G              FF        C majorC
So many years were stolen, so many years are gone
    G+G         FF           C majorC
And the vision of my Celia make dreams to dream upon
FF     E minorEm    FF      C majorC
Each hour is a day filled with memories
 FF       G7G7      C majorC   FF  G+G  C majorC
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

4th verse:
 G+G            FF       C majorC
I wake each morning and I watch the sun arise
G+G             FF       C majorC
Wonder if my Celia sleeps, wonder if she cries
FF         E minorEm      FF        C majorC
If hate must be my prison lock, love must be the key
 FF       G7G7      C majorC   FF  G+G  C majorC
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

5th verse:
 G+G                     FF          C majorC
The guns have stopped their firing, you may wander through the hills
 G+G                     FF        C majorC
They kept my Celia through the war, they keep her from me still
 FF         E minorEm      FF        C majorC
She waits upon the island now, a prisoner of the sea
 FF       G7G7      C majorC   FF  G+G  C majorC
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

6th verse:
G+G                 FF          C majorC
When the wind from the island is rollin' through the trees
    G+G              FF       C majorC
When a kiss from a prison cell is carried in the breeze
 FF      E minorEm     FF       C majorC
That's when I wonder how sad a man can be
 FF       G7G7      C majorC   FF  G+G  C majorC
Oh, when will Celia come to me?
 FF       G7G7      C majorC
Oh, when will Celia come to me?