Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Capo II (Sounding D MajorD major)
Verse:
C majorC E minorEm
I would that we were, my beloved
FF
White birds on the foam of the sea
G+G A minorAm
Far from the rose and the lily
FF G+G C majorC
And fret of the flames would we be
Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
And the flame of the blue star of twilight
FF
Hung low on the rim of the sky
G+G A minorAm
Has awakened in our hearts, my beloved
FF G+G C majorC
A augmentedA sadness that may never die
FF G+G C majorC
A augmentedA sadness that may never die
C majorC E minorEm
A augmentedA weariness comes from those dreamers
FF
Dew-dabbled, the lily and rose
G+G A minorAm
Ah, dream not of that, my beloved
FF G+G C majorC
The flame of the meteor that goes
C majorC E minorEm
Or the flame of the blue star that lingers
FF
Hung low in the fall of the dew
G+G A minorAm
For I would we were changed, my beloved
FF G+G C majorC
To white birds on the foam, I and you
FF G+G C majorC
To white birds on the foam, I and you
Bridge:
E minorEm
Bend low, that I may crown you
E minorEm
Flower of the branch
A minorAm
Silver fish my hands have taken
A minorAm
From the running stream
FF
Morning star, trembling in the heavens
G+G
Like a white fawn on the border of a wood
G+G
Bend that I may crown you
G+G
That I may crown you
Chorus:
C majorC E minorEm
And the flame of the blue star of twilight
FF
Hung low on the rim of the sky
G+G A minorAm
Has awakened in our hearts, my beloved
FF G+G C majorC
A augmentedA sadness that may never die
FF G+G C majorC
A augmentedA sadness that may never die
C majorC E minorEm
Soon far from the rose and the lily
FF
And fret of the flames would we be
G+G A minorAm
Were we only white birds, my beloved
FF G+G C majorC
White birds on the foam of the sea
FF G+G C majorC
White birds on the foam of the sea