Charlotte Corday chords by Al Stewart

• Capo on 3rd

Key: Bb

Intro:

G   D C (x4)




Verse 1:
G                D    C        G              D C
  If you hear a step upon your stair tonight
G              D      C        G             D C
  If you see a shadow   in the candle light
                D          G            C
It's only your imagination leading you astray
              D                  Em
See her for a moment then she'll slip away
    C                     G   D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday

Riff:
G   D C


Verse 2:
    G                D      C      G                 D C
She wanders down the hallway  in a long black dress
    G              D         C        G             D C
And lingers by the fireplace   like a faint caress
                     D                  G             C
Just what it is that brings her here no man alive can say
              D               Em
See her for a moment then she melts away
    C                  G      D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday


Riff:
G   D C


Bridge:
Eb                  F
Stars in the window   like a panoply
Eb                            F
Covering everything, river of night
Eb                  F
Stars in the window   See them shining
    Cm           F
For anyone else, anyone else


Instrumental:
G   D C (x6)
C G Am G F


Bridge:
Eb                  F
Stars in the window   like a panoply
Eb                            F
Covering everything, river of night
Eb                  F
Stars in the window   See them shining
    Cm           F
For anyone else, anyone else


Verse 3:
    G                  D    C           G              D C
The clock ticks in the dark and now the night is still
    G             D      C        G            D C
The air is like a murmur   on the window sill
                    D                  G            C
All at once there's someone there that only you can see
               D                  Em
Seeking the forgiveness that will set her free
    C              G
The wind has taken away
    C                   G
The words she wanted to say
    C                  G
The sky now turning to gray
    C               G
The dawn is turning away
    C N.C.                G   D C
The ghost of Charlotte Corday.


Outro:
G   D C
G   D C
G