Chords with lyrics
{MELODY (FIRST PART)}
D5/A 
G+G 
C majorC D5/A
Long was the hour for the valiant knight that would never be sick or slain
C majorC G+G 
D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
Lonely the bower in the candle light with neither kith nor kin
D5/A C majorC G+G 
E minorEm D5/A
Storm clouds over the full moon raced, as he swung to the apple gray
D5/A G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
And man and horse to the westward faced on the eve of an All Saints' Day
{MELODY (FIRST PART)}
D5/A G+G C majorC D5/A
And lo neath the long green grassy mound laid the bones of his noble steed
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
Gone to their graves are his brindled hounds that were never matched for speed
D5/A C majorC G+G E minorEm D5/A
Freed to the wind were his gray hawks wings never to be seen again
D5/A G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
Lost were the songs that the young men sing as they ride over plains
{THE WITCH OF THE WESTMERELAND MELODY}
D5/A G+G C majorC D5/A
The rowan shield burned on his breast as the old man road again
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
Over the rocky Kirkstone crest in the howling wind and rain
D5/A C majorC G+G E minorEm D5/A
Weary the step of his garret stride as they slowly wended down to
D5/A G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
The banks of the winding water's side all under a palely moon
D5/A G+G C majorC D5/A
Cold was the crack of the raven's cry that echoed from the fell
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
Fierce were the flames of the morning sky as the burning gates of hell
D5/A C majorC G+G E minorEm D5/A
Over his breast on the mantle white the rowan shield burned red
D5/A G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
That bare in the rays of the dawning light the berries burst and bled
{FULL MELODY}
D5/A G+G C majorC D5/A
Oh where is your hawk and your brindled hounds came the screeching owlets call
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
Gone to the dank and wormy ground that will lie consume us all
D5/A C majorC G+G E minorEm D5/A
Where is the maid of the jet-black mare who held me fast in sleep
D5/A G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
Under the long dark winding mere she rests in the watery deep
D5/A G+G C majorC D5/A
He's laid his hand on hunting horn and with his dying breath
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
Has blown a blast to the blazing morn that would rouse the angel of death
D5/A C majorC G+G E minorEm D5/A
High in the cusp of the starry night he heard his gray hawk mew
D5/A G+G C majorC G+G D5/A
As out of the misty morning light his ghostly gray hounds flew
{INSTRUMENTAL + SWITCH TO KEY OF A}
B4/E 
A augmentedA D MajorD B4/E
He has gathered a snatch of the golden rod all withered in the wood
D MajorD A augmentedA 
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA B4/E
And scattered it over the water's brim where his ghostly gray hound stood
B4/E D MajorD A augmentedA 
F# minorF#m B4/E
Flecked was the coat of the live black mare that rose from the watery deep
B4/E A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA B4/E
White were the locks of the maiden's hair and her brown eyes heavy with sleep
B4/E A augmentedA D MajorD B4/E
Waly waly my noble lord who wakes me from my rest
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA B4/E
There's none can heal the wounds of time that lie bloody on your breast
B4/E D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m B4/E
Climb from your silver saddle down and swing to my back astride
B4/E A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA B4/E
Gather your hawk and your brindled hounds and together we will ride
{ THE WITCH OF THE WESTMERELAND MELODY X2}
B4/E A augmentedA D MajorD B4/E
His saddle cloth was the velvet blue trimmed round with a silver chain
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA B4/E
He's kissed her pale lips once and twice, and three times round again
B4/E D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m B4/E
And over the lake with his hound at heel and his good gray hawk in hand
B4/E A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA B4/E
