Chords for Death and the Maiden

[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Cm] The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ maiden weighed anchor at [Bb] her last port [Cm]-a-call Jenny _ _ _ ran down the docks late for the [Cm] ball
Her _ _ _ father yelled, Jenny be [Bb] by at the [Cm] _ midnight _ Father _ _ maiden she [Bb] sails [F] in the morning's half-light
She [Cm] _ _ _ _ didn't turn back, [Bb] just waved her [G] hand _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ Already [Bb] hearing the [Gm] drums of [Cm] the band _ _ _ _ _
_ Them washing the streets [Bb] with whiskey [C] and wine
_ [G] _ _ When she reached [Bb] the ball [G] the clock struck [Cm] nine [C] She _ [Cm] _ _ _ wore a mask made [Bb] from black feather [Cm] dust _ _
_ _ _ A crimson dress [Bb] and long [Cm] black blood _ She _ _ _ [Eb] kicked off [Gm] her shoes and [Cm] danced [Bb] on her toes
_ With [Cm] her hair blowing [Bb] wherever [G] night [Cm] winds chose _ _ _ She saw an angel, [Bb] a devil, [Eb] a kite and [Bb] a clown
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[Cm] bird with [Bb] no wings [C] and a king with [Cm] no crown [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ Dancers [Bb] flowed like water on a square _ _
_ [Gm] Men parted like whales [Am] and a man [C] stood there He _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ wore a plain black mask [Bb] like a second [Cm] skin _ _
_ _ _ He covered his face [Bb] from forehead [C] to chin _ [Cm] _ _
She could taste in the wind [Bb] the salt of [Cm] the sea _ _ _ _
And his eyes were [Bb] as blue and [Am] his manner [Cm] as free _ He _ _ said, Jenny as always [Bb] you're lovely [Cm] my dear _ _
_ _ _ [F] As for me [Bb] I've aged [Gm] another [Cm] sad year _ _ _ _ _ With a bleed in his voice [Bb] and a need in [Cm] his _ stance _ _ _ _
Jenny [Bb] McCabe [Am] honored me with [Cm] a dance She _ _ _ _ didn't know how [Bb] he knew [Cm] her name _ _
[G] _ _ _ But something inside [Bb] her lit like [Cm] a flame And _ _ _ [Eb] it seemed that [Bb] this moment [Cm] was destined [Bb] to be
_ _ _ [Cm] So she danced [Bb] with him there [Gm] on the square by [Cm] the sea _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] She was [Gm] drunk, [Eb] drunk, drunk by [Bb] the moon _ _ _ [Cm] And they danced [Bb] for hours or just that [Cm] one [C] moon
_ [Cm] _ _ She could have [Gm] danced, [Eb] danced, danced [Bb] all night By _ [Cm] the maiden [Bb] Marseille [Am] in the morning's [Cm] half light
[C] He _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ said, Jenny McCabe [Bb] does it bring [Cm] you joy To _ _ _ _ dance with the man [Bb] you tried [Cm] to destroy _ _ _ _
_ Then he took off his mask [Bb] and she took in [Cm] her breath _ _ _ _ It was Captain [Bb] Leroux [Am] of the ship known [Cm] as Death
_ _ _ _ _ The clock struck twelve [Bb] he stood [C] still He _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] said, one [Bb] paid for nine [Gm] toss the coast [Cm] of Brazil _ _ _ _
_ The pirate ship maiden [C] came looking [Cm] for _ [C] me _ Captain _
_ _ [Bb] McCabe [Am] and his daughter [Cm] Jenny _
[C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ I danced with you once [Bb] at this farm [Cm] I scaled _ _ _ _ _ I never knew that [Bb] you were Jenny [Cm] McCabe _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] He burned [Gm] out my ship, [Cm] took the lives [Bb] of my crew [Eb] _ [Gm] And _ [Cm] there [Bb] on my death [Am] tried to take my [Cm] life too _ _
_ _ _ The [Bb] cannons [Eb] blazed and the [Bb] waves grew higher _ There [Cm] was blood [Bb] in the sky [C] and the sea was [Cm] on fire
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ Never [Dm] again [Eb] will such a [Bb] night be _ As [Cm] when Death [Bb] and the [G] maiden danced [Cm] in the [C] sea _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ I shot from my pistol, [Bb] bloodied [Cm] your dress _ _ _ _ _ You fell in my arms [Bb] with a [Cm] lady's finesse _ _ _ _
_ Then ran your cold steel [Bb] from my forehead [Cm] to chin _ _ _ _ _ And said [Bb] to me softly, I'll see [Cm] you again
_ _ _ _ _ _ She touched her [Bb] hand to the [F] scar on [Cm] his face And [G] _ _ _ [Bb] for a second it faded [Dm] leaving no [Cm] trace _
_ _ _ _ _ Then she kissed him one time [Bb] like her lips were [Cm] a bread _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Then slipped from his grasp [Am] like water [Cm] through sand
[Gm] Now [C] _ _ _ _ the maiden she sails with [Eb] ghosts on [Bb] her decks [Eb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] She'll sail forever [Bb] this world or the [Cm] next _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Searching [C] for death [Eb] below and [Bb] above [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
[Cm] But one [Bb] night a yule, [F] Jenny dances [Bb]
her last
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