Albatross Chords by Judy Collins

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_ The lady comes to the gate _ _ [B] Dressed in lavender [B] and leather _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ Looking north to the sea _ _ [B] _ She finds the weather _ _ fine
_ She [A] hears the steeple _ bells Ringing [B] through the orchard
[A] All the way from _ [F#m] town _ _ She [B] _ _ _
watches [A] seagulls fly
A silver on the ocean Stitching through the waves
The edges of the sky _ _ _
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_ _ [D] Many people wander up the hills From all [A] around you
[E] Making up your [A] memories And thinking they have [E] found you
They [G#m] cover you with veils [A] of wonder As if you were [E] a bride
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Young men [G#m] holding [A] violets Are curious to know if you [E] have cried
And [A] tell you why [B] and ask you [A] why [E] Any way you answer
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ Lace around the collars [A] Of the blouses of the ladies
_ _ Flowers from a [A] Spanish friend Of [E] the family
The [C#m] embroidery of [G#m] your life [A] Holds you in and keeps you out
[E] But you _ survive Imprisoned in your [G#m] bones
Behind [A] the icing glass windows of [E] your eye _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ And in the night the [C#m] iron _ [A] wheels
Rolling through the rain _ _ Down the hills through the long grass to [C#m] the sea
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In the night the [E] heart _ [A]
bells Ringing with _ _ faith _
[A] _ _ come _ _ _ _
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And the crowd that has come
Even now by the gate With your [B] long hair blowing
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And the colors of the day [B] _
That lie along your _ arms
You must order [A] your _ life To make sure you are living
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And the [A] crowd that has _ _ come You give them the colors
And the _ bells and the _ wind and the dream _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] Will there never be [A] a prince Who rides along the sea and the [F#] _
mountains
[E] _ Scattering the [A] sand and the foam Into _ [E] amethyst mountains
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Riding up [G#m] the hills [A] from the beach In the long summer [E] _ grass
[C#m] Holding the sun in his hands And shattering the [B] icing [E] glass _
_ _ _ [Bm] Day and night and day [D] again And people come and go [A] away forever _
[E] While the shining summer [A] sea dances In the [E] glass of your mirror
[C#m] While you search the [A] waves for love And your visions [E] for a sign
The [C#m] knot of [G#m] tears around your [A] throat Is _ crystallizing into [E] your design
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] And in the [C#] night the iron [G#m] _ [A] wheels Rolling through the rain _ _ _ _
Down the hills through the long grass to the [C#m] sea
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[C#m] _ In the night the [G#m] heart _ [A] bells Ringing with faith _ _
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_ _ Away _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C#m] Along _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ Come [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ away _ _
_ _ _ Along _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] With me
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