Celia chords by Phil Ochs

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
F G C

1st verse:
G                 F          C
When the wind from the island is rollin' through the trees
    G              F       C
When a kiss from a prison cell is carried in the breeze
 F      Em     F       C
That's when I wonder how sad a man can be
 F       G7      C   F  G  C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

2nd verse:
G          F         C
I still remember the mountains of the war
    G       F     C
Sierra Madre and the Philipino shore
 F    Em       F         C
When will I lie beside my Celia 'neath the trees?
F       G7      C   F  G  C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

3rd verse:
G              F        C
So many years were stolen, so many years are gone
    G         F           C
And the vision of my Celia make dreams to dream upon
F     Em    F      C
Each hour is a day filled with memories
 F       G7      C   F  G  C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

4th verse:
 G            F       C
I wake each morning and I watch the sun arise
G             F       C
Wonder if my Celia sleeps, wonder if she cries
F         Em      F        C
If hate must be my prison lock, love must be the key
 F       G7      C   F  G  C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

5th verse:
 G                     F          C
The guns have stopped their firing, you may wander through the hills
 G                     F        C
They kept my Celia through the war, they keep her from me still
 F         Em      F        C
She waits upon the island now, a prisoner of the sea
 F       G7      C   F  G  C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?

6th verse:
G                 F          C
When the wind from the island is rollin' through the trees
    G              F       C
When a kiss from a prison cell is carried in the breeze
 F      Em     F       C
That's when I wonder how sad a man can be
 F       G7      C   F  G  C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?
 F       G7      C
Oh, when will Celia come to me?