Follow Chords by Richie Havens

[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Let the river _ [Em] rock you like [D] a cradle, _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] climb to the [Em] treetops, _ child, [D] if you're able.
_ _ [Em] _ _ Let [D] your _ hands [Bm] tie a [Em] knot across [D] the table.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Come [Bm] and touch the things you cannot [A] feel, _ _ _ [D] and close [G] your fingertips [D] and fly where [G] I can't hold you.
[D] _ _ Let [G] the sun rain fall [D] and let the dewy [G] clouds enfold you.
[D] _ _ And [G] maybe you can sing [D] to me the [G] words I just told [D] you.
If [Bm] all the things you feel [A] ain't what they seem, _
_ _ _ [D] then don't [G]
mind me, [F#m] cause I [Em]
ain't [A] nothing _ [D] but a dream.
[Em] _
_ [D] The _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] mockingbird sings each [D] different song.
[Em] _ _
_ _ [D] Each _ [Em] song has wings, they [D] won't stay long.
[Em] _ _
_ [D] To those who [Em] hear, _ think [D] he's doing wrong.
[Em] _
While _ [D] the church [Em] bell _ tolls its [D] one-note song, [Em] _ _
_ [D] and the school bell [Em] is tinkling [D] to the [Em] throng.
_ [D] _ _
_ Come here [Bm] where your ears [A] cannot hear, _ _ _
_ _ [D] and close [G] your ears, [D] child, and listen [G] to what I'll tell you.
[D] _ _ Follow [G] in the darkest [D] night the sounds [G] that may impel [D] you, _ and the [Em] songs that I am [D] singing may _ disturb [G] or serve to quell [D] you.
If [Bm] all the sounds you [Em] hear ain't what [G] they [A] seem, _
_ _ [D] then don't [G] mind me, _ _ [F#m] cause I [Em] ain't [A] nothing _ [D] but a _ [Em] dream. _
_ _ [D] The _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] rising smell of [D] fresh-cut grass, [G] _ _
_ _ [D] smothered cities [G] choke and yell [D] with fuming _ gas.
[Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ I hold [Em] some grapes up [D] to the sun, _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] and their [G] flavor _ breaks [D] upon my tongue.
_ [G] _ _
_ [D] With _ eager [G] _
tongues we [D] taste our _ [G] strife, _
_ [D] and fill [Em] our lungs [D] with seas of [G] life.
[D] _ _
_ Come taste and smell the waters [G] of our [A] time, _ _ _ [D] and _ close [G] your lips, [D] child, so softly [G] I might kiss [D] you.
_ Let [Em] your flower [G] perfume [D] out and let the [G] winds caress you.
[D] _ _ As [G] I walk on through the [D] garden, I _ [G] _
won't miss [D] you.
_ If all the things you taste [Em] ain't what they seem, [A] _ _
_ _ [D] then don't [Bm] mind me, _ [A] cause I [G] ain't [A] nothing [D] but a [G] dream. _
_ [D] The _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em]
sun and [D] moon both arise, [Em] _
_ _ [D] and we'll see [Em] them soon [D] through days of night.
[Em] _
_ _ [D] But now silver [Em] leaves on mirrors [D] bring delight, _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] and the color [Em] of your eyes [D] are fiery bright. _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Wild [Em] darkness blinds the skies [D] with all [Em] its light.
[D] _ _ _ _ Come see [Bm] where your eyes [Em] cannot see, _ [A] _ _ _ [D] and _ close [G] your eyes, [D] child, and look at what [G] I'll show you.
[D] _
_ Let your [G] mind go [D] reeling out and let the [G] breezes blow you.
_ [D] _
And maybe [G] _ when we [D] meet, _ suddenly [G] I will know [D] you.
_ If [Bm] all the things you [G] see ain't what they [A] seem, _ _ [D] then _ don't [G] mind me, [F#m] cause [Bm] I [Em] ain't [A] nothing [D] but a [Em] dream.
_ And you [D] can follow, _ [Em] _ _
and [D] you can [Em] follow, _ _ [Bm] _
_ follow.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _