Den gamle syrin Chords by Jens Book-Jenssen

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And [Db] I remember [Gb] so well [Db] the home of childhood _ _
[Bbm] _ [Ab] And I remember a [Ab] sea with [Eb] a scent of [Gb] siren
And [Db] I remember your [Ebm] lovely _ [Db] voice _
[Bbm] _ When you, [Fm] mother, called [Eb] me your [Ab] boy _ _
_ You [Ebm] told me [Ab] stories [Db] so many [Bbm] a time
You [Ebm] told me stories of [Eb] the animals in the forest, [Ab] of the birds' songs
[Db] But the days of childhood [Gb] are now over _
[G] _ _ [Db] And I [Ebm] only have memories [Gb] of the _ [Eb] past
_ I [Db] sit _ [F] under [Gb] the old _ [G] siren
Where [Ab] I lived like a boy many [Fm] times
_ [Ebm] _ And [Db] I remember the scent [Gb] so dear and so [Eb] fine
[Ab] And I remember [Ebm] the birds' [Abm] songs
_ [Db] _ But [Gb] the days of childhood [Ebm] are over
[Db] With a father and a mother
[Gb] Only _ [G] a wall stands behind
[F] Where our little house [Ab] is crying
[Db] But the siren is still blooming
[Gb] And stands in [Eb] full bloom
[Ab] And gives memories [Ebm] of spring [Db] above the earth
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[Gbm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] You told [A] me stories [D] so many [Bm] a time
[Em] You told me stories of [E] the animals in the forest, [A] of the birds' songs
But [D] _
the days of _ childhood [G] are now over
_ [Ab] _ And [D] I only have [Em] _ memories of [G] the past
[D] _ _ [A] I [D] sit _ _ under [G] the old [Ab] siren
_ [A] Where I lived like a boy many [Gbm] _
times
[Em] _ _ [D] And I remember the scent [G] so dear and so [E] fine
And [A] I remember [Em] the birds' _ [Am] _ _
[D] songs
[G] But the days of childhood are [E] over
[D] With a father and a [Am] mother
[D] _ [G] Only a [Ab] wall stands behind
Where our [B] little house [A] is crying
But [D] the siren is still blooming
[G] And stands in [E] full bloom
And [A] gives memories of [Em] spring above [D] the earth
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