Chords for Al Stewart - Charlotte Corday (from "Famous Last Words" - 1993)

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_ [Bb] If you hear [F] a step [Eb] upon your [Bb] stair tonight
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ If you see [F] a shadow [Eb] _
in the candlelight
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ It's only [F] your _ imagination _ [Bb] leading [Eb] you astray _
_ See her for [F] a moment, then [Gm] she'll slip away
[Eb] Ghost of Charlotte Corday
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb]
She [Bb] wanders down the [F] hallway _ [Eb]
in a long black dress
[F] And [Eb] _
_ [Bb] lingers by the [F] fireplace _ [Eb]
like [Bb] a faint [F] caress
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_ Just what it is [F] that brings a slave here, [Bb] no man alive [Eb] can say _ _
_ See her for a [F] [G] moment, then [Gm] she melts away
[Eb] The ghost of Charlotte [Bb] _ Corday
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Gb] Stars in the window, [Abm] like a canopy
[Gb] _ Covering everything, [Abm] river of night
[Gb] Stars in the window, [Ab] see them shining [Ebm] for anyone else, [Ab] anyone else
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Gb] Stars in the window, [Abm] _ like a canopy
[Gb] _ Covering everything, river [Abm] of night
[Gb] Stars in the [Ab] window, see them shining [Ebm] for anyone else, [Ab] anyone else
_ _ _ [Bb] The clock ticks [F] in the dark, and now [Bb] the night is done
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] The air is like [F] a marble _ [Bb] on the _ windowsill
[F] _ All [Eb] _ _ _
at once there's someone there [Bb] that only you [Eb] can see
_ _ Seeking the [F] forgiveness _ that will [Gm] set it free
[Eb] The wind has taken [Bb] away _ [Eb] the words she wanted [Bb] to say _
[Eb] The sky now turning [Bb] to grey, _ [Eb] the dawn is coming [Bb] away _
_ [Eb] Ghost of [Bb] Charlotte Corday _
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