Be Careful What You Wish For chords by Steeleye Span

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC

Verse:
              FF C majorC
The river runs through the valley
  F/AF/A     G/BG/B  C majorC
The sheep graze on the hill
           FF     C majorC
The sun so high in a boundless sky
    FF    DmDm   G/BG/B
Shines down the day, until
  A minorAm         G/BG/B   C majorC
The night declares the watchful moon
  FF         G/BG/B
To guard us from all ill
         C majorC   G+G      A minorAm   FF
You believe your dreams, it's just a fantasy
     C majorC       G+G   C majorC
A augmentedA secret world that can never be

Verse:
           FF  C majorC
A augmentedA sprite of Nature's mystery
   F/AF/A  G/BG/B    C majorC
From silver clouds she sends
                FF    C majorC
A augmentedA whispering breeze through the dancing trees
   FF     DmDm C majorC G/BG/B
In a dance that never ends
  A minorAm          G/BG/B  C majorC
At close of day, through golden rains
   FF      G/BG/B
This kingdom, he ascends
         C majorC   G+G      A minorAm   FF
Keep it in your dreams, it's just a fantasy
     C majorC       G+G   C majorC
A augmentedA secret world that can never be

Pre-Chorus:
   DmDm     C majorC    FF
While even as the earth is turning
     Bb majorBb   FF     C majorC FF
Something deep inside it's furnace
    DmDm     C majorC   FF
Nothing comes from softly yearning
Bb majorBb   FF    C majorC
Here at wishing time...

Chorus:
  G+G        C majorC
Be careful what you wish for
G+G              C majorC
Dreams look different in the light of day
  G+G        C majorC
Be careful what you wish for
   G+G       C majorC
That deep desire to have your way
   D MajorD              G+G G/F G/EG/E G+G
Could burn you, and turn you head around...

Verse:
   C majorC        FF    C majorC
Come walking from the dawn of time
  F/AF/A   G/BG/B   C majorC
The winds of change arise
           FF     C majorC
With angels cheering, cheer for you
    FF    DmDm    G/BG/B
And the foolish mound may rise
  A minorAm        G/BG/B  C majorC
The fool and all, all reason mouth
FF        G/BG/B
Singing as they rise
        C majorC   G+G      A minorAm   FF
Keep it in your dreams, it's just a fantasy
     C majorC       G+G   C majorC
A augmentedA secret world that can never be

Pre-Chorus:
  DmDm     C majorC    FF
But even as the earth is turning
     Bb majorBb   FF     C majorC FF
Something deep inside it's furnace
    DmDm     C majorC   FF
Nothing comes from softly yearning
Bb majorBb   FF    C majorC
Here at wishing time...

Chorus:
  G+G        C majorC
Be careful what you wish for
G+G              C majorC
Dreams look different in the light of day
  G+G        C majorC
Be careful what you wish for
   G+G       C majorC
That deep desire to have your way
   D MajorD              G+G G/F G/EG/E G+G
Could burn you, and turn you head around...

Verse:
    C majorC       FF   C majorC
In the fairy forest, I was lost
   F/AF/A    G/BG/B   C majorC
While searching for the gold
           FF  C majorC
With hopes of joy and happiness
  FF   DmDm   G/BG/B
If riches I could hold
   A minorAm         G/BG/B   C majorC
I've lived in dreams for far too long
  FF        G/BG/B
And now I'm growing old
       C majorC   G+G      A minorAm   FF
Keep it in my dreams, it's just a fantasy
     C majorC       G+G   C majorC
A augmentedA secret world that can never be

Chorus:
  G+G        C majorC
Be careful what you wish for
G+G              C majorC
Dreams look different in the light of day
  G+G        C majorC
Be careful what you wish for
   G+G       C majorC
That deep desire to have your way
   D MajorD              G+G G/F G/EG/E G+G
Could burn you, and turn you head around...

Chorus:
          C majorC
Be careful what you wish for
G+G              C majorC
Dreams look different in the light of day
  G+G        C majorC
Be careful what you wish for
   G+G       C majorC
That deep desire to have your way
   D MajorD              G+G G/F G/EG/E G+G
Could burn you, and turn you head around...

Outro:
G+G
G MajorG FF C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC