Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
G+G
And all shall fade
G+G
The flowers of spring
DmDm
The world and all the sorrow
FF
At the heart of everything
G+G
But still it stays
G+G
The butterfly sings
DmDm
And opens purple summer
FF
With the flutter of its wings
Chorus:
C minorCm DmDm C majorC DmDm G+G
The earth will wave with corn
C minorCm DmDm C majorC DmDm G+G
The gray-fly choir will mourn
C minorCm DmDm C majorC DmDm
And mares will neigh with
G+G DmDm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Stallions that they mate, foals they’ve borne
Bb majorBb FF
And all shall know the wonder of purple
G+G
summer
Verse 2:
G+G
And yet I wait
G+G
The swallow brings
DmDm
A augmentedA song too hard to follow
FF
That no one else can sing
G+G
The fences sway
G+G
The porches swing
DmDm
The clouds begin to thunder
FF
Crickets wander, murmuring
Chorus:
C minorCm DmDm C majorC DmDm G+G
The earth will wave with corn
C minorCm DmDm C majorC DmDm G+G
The gray-fly choir will mourn
C minorCm DmDm C majorC DmDm
And mares will neigh with
G+G DmDm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Stallions that they mate, foals they’ve borne
Bb majorBb FF
And all shall know the wonder
Bb majorBb FF G+G
I will sing the song of purple summer
Bb majorBb FF
And all shall know the wonder
Bb majorBb FF G+G
I will sing the song of purple summer
Bb majorBb FF
All shall know the wonder
G+G