Harp Of Death chords by Omnia
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
N.C.
Once upon a time
🎸 Verse 1:
Dm C
There lived a lady on the North Sea shore
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
She had two daughters that she adored
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 2:
Dm C
The youngest daughter born to sweet delight
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
The eldest daughter born to greed and spite
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 3:
Dm C
A knight came for the fairest in the land
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
He was promised the young girl's hand
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 4:
Dm C
Grimmest envy in the elder grew
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
She planned to steal her sister's lover true
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 5:
Dm C
"Oh darling sister won't you come with me"
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
"To watch the swans swimming in the sea "
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 6:
Dm C
On the rocks were the mermaids sing
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
The elder sister pushed the younger in
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 7:
Dm C
"Oh cruel sister, please let me live"
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
"And all that's mine to you I'll give"
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 8:
Dm C
"I'll take your true love and I'll take more"
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
"For I will never let you come ashore"
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 9:
Dm C
The fair girl drowned beneath the North Sea foam
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
Her broken body washed upon the stones
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 10:
Dm C
Three witches found her in the dead of night
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
And wove a spell to put her soul to right
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 11:
Dm C
They made a harp out of her skin and bone
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
The tuning pegs made from her finger bones
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 12:
Dm C
They took nine locks of her golden hair
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
And with them strung the harp so rare
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 13:
Dm C
The took the harp on to her mother's hall
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
And set it down to play bevore them all
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 14:
Dm C
The harp of Death began to play alone
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
The sweetest song to melt a heart of stone
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 15:
Dm C
Golden strings rang out a truthful sound
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
The elder sister has the younger drowned
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 16:
Dm C
Strings of sorrow made of golden curls
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
Wreak their vengeance on the black-haired girl
Bb C Dm
Fa la la la la la-la laa la la
🎸 Verse 17:
Dm C/E
The song ends heere dark and low
F Dm
Lay te bent to the bonnie broom
Dm Am
And surely now her blood will flow
Bb C Dm
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