The Plain chords by Strawbs

Chords with lyrics

Intro
G+G D MajorD E minorEm  C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G E minorEm
G+G D MajorD E minorEm  D MajorD E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm  D MajorD E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm  G+G D MajorD E minorEm  C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G E minorEm

verse 1

The plain stretched out before me
  G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm
As far as the slate grey sky

I told her I was leaving
     G+G    D MajorD     E minorEm
With the migrant birds, to fly

I said she might expect me
     G+G   D MajorD   C majorC
With the coming of the spring
     E minorEm
When the birds return back home again
   G+G    D MajorD    E minorEm   C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G E minorEm
With newfound songs to sing

verse 2

I hit out on the highway
G+G      D MajorD   E minorEm
High on the rising sun

I felt my spirit rising
  G+G      D MajorD    E minorEm
My journey was newly begun

The joy of expectation
G+G     D MajorD      C majorC
Rose in my heart with a song
  E minorEm
The courage of conviction
G+G     D MajorD    E minorEm   C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G E minorEm
Carried my journey along


verse 3

I bathed in the lake of comfort
  G+G     D MajorD    E minorEm
The milk of my mother's breast

The son of constant sorrow
G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm
Sank to his knees in the west

I prayed to my god for guidance
  G+G       D MajorD     C majorC
To find there was no one but me
     E minorEm
There was just the open highway
  G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm   C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G E minorEm
As far as my eyes could see

Instrumental
E minorEm  G+G D MajorD E minorEm  G+G D MajorD E minorEm   G+G D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm  G+G D MajorD E minorEm  C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G E minorEm


verse 4

Throughout my endless journey
      G+G       D MajorD    E minorEm
I have been searching for paradise lost

I now retrace my footsteps
     G+G     D MajorD    E minorEm
With the burden of infinite cost

I see myself returning
 G+G       D MajorD     C majorC
Alone, with my head held high
  E minorEm
The plain stretched out before me
  G+G     D MajorD     E minorEm   C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G E minorEm
As far as the slate grey sky