Galadriels Song Of Eldamar chords by The Tolkien Ensemble

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"This is a Galadriel' song of Lórien which she sang on the swan-ship before giving the Fellowship their gifts,

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on the Day they departed from Lothlorien"

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"Lyrics by J.R.R. Tolkien"

Verse 1:


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I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and

C         H7         Em
leaves of gold there grew

Em              D
Of wind I sang, a wind there came

C      H7           Em
and in the branches blew

G               D
Beyond the Sun, beyond the Moon

Em              D
the foam was on the Sea,

Em                   D
And by the strand of Ilmarin

C            H7     Em
There grew a Golden Tree

Verse 2:

Em                   D
Beneath the stars of Ever-eve

C          D
In Eldamar it shone

Em         D
In Eldamar beside the walls

C  H7    Em
of Elven Tirion

Verse 3:

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There long the golden leaves have grown

Em                 D
upon the branching years

Em                    D
While here beyond the Sundering Seas

C            H7    Em
Now fall the Elven tears

Verse 4:

G         D
O Lorien! The Winter comes,

Em           C        D
the bare and leafless Day.

Em                     D
The leaves are falling in the stream,

C         H7    Em
The river flows away

G         D
O Lorien! Too long I have

Em                     D
dwelt upon this hither shore

Em                D
And in the fading crown have twined

C          H7   Em
the golden Elanor

Verse 5:

Em              D
But if of ships I now should sing,

C                      D
what ship would come to me,

Em                      D
What ship would bear me ever back

C         H7     Em
across so wide a Sea?