Chords for Joan Baez Loreley

[Ab] This song basically says, yes, World War II was so terrible, and we will remember it,
[E] but we must begin to think of the problems [G] [Abm] now, and forgive the people [Ab] who had nothing
to do with World War II, except they happened to be born in Germany.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Here by my window [Dm] in Germany, _ _ [G] a [E] morning bird [Dm] flies close to me.
[F] On his wing I see [G] a yellow _ [C] star. _
Lights are on in the [Dm] factory. _ _
[Em] _ Frost is hot on [Dm] the linden tree.
_ [F] And I [C] _ [Dm] remember him, [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ I remember [G] all. _
_ _ [C] _ [G] Children come _ [Am] _
_ across, [F] and I sing of him [G] now.
_ _ [C] Oh, Sasha, _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ young German soldier [Dm] lies in his bed.
[Em] _ _ Bandages [Dm] from toe to [F] head.
A prisoner of the [G] camp's clothesline.
_ _ [C] You are a label [Dm] and I am pain.
[G] _ [Dm] Forgive [E] me from [Dm] my bed of pain.
[Fm] I know [Dm] not why [G] we _ die. _ _ _
_ _ [C] To Zion we'll order, [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] the [Em] job was over.
[Dm] And as I [F] turn, a [C] father [Dm]
and [G] his _ _ son.
[C] Cold in the flames, hard [Dm] above the ground.
_ [Em]
From cradle on [Dm] to the ground. _
[F] One leap and their [G] lives were done.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] And [G] I remember [Am] all of us.
_ [F] _
I remember [G] all of _ [C] us.
_ _ [G] Children come [Am] across, _ and [F] I sing of him _ [G] _
now.
_ [C] Oh, Sasha. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ You in the windy streets of [Dm] _ Heidelberg.
_ [Em] Your youth and beard [Dm] takes form in words.
[F] And the ghosts of the [G] past are gone. _ _
[C] _ This was your _ [Dm] university. _
_ [G] The years are long, but [Dm] the spirits dream.
[F] And your river [Dm] runs [G] through the _ _ line. _ _ _
[C] _ _ Smokey [Dm] taverns that we once known.
[G] For the discontented [Dm] who stayed at home.
[Fm] We must have [Dm] whiskey or [G] we'll die.
For _ _ _ _
[C] the beer gun under [Dm] the old _ chateau.
[Em] Our fate is now [Dm] in the candle glow.
[F] See the [C] flood [Dm] breeze how [G] it _ shine. _ _ _ _ _
[C] And you [G] _ remember [Am] all of us.
_ [Fm] _ You [Dm] remember [G] all we _ [C] lost.
_ [G] Children come [Am] and admire _ us.
And [F] we'll [C] sing [Dm] of him _
[G] _ _ now.
[C] Oh, Sasha. _
_ [Em] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _