Albatross Chords by Judy Collins

[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ The lady [C#m] comes to the _ gate, _ [B] dressed in lavender and leather,
_ _ [C#m] _ looking north to the sea.
[B] _ She finds the weather _ fine.
She [A] hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard all the way from [B] town.
She watches [A] seagulls fly, silver on the ocean,
stitching through the waves [B] the edges of [D#] the [D#m] sky. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Many people [D] wander up the hills from all [A] around you,
_ [E] making up your [A] memories and thinking they have [E] found you.
_ [B] They [C#] cover you with [A] veils of wonder as if you were a [E] bride.
_ [C#m] Young men holding [A] violets are curious to know if you [E] have cried,
[A] and tell you why and ask you why either way you [E] answer.
_ _ Lace around the collars [A] of the blouses of the [E] ladies, _
_ _ flowers from a Spanish [A] friend of the [E] family.
_ The embroidery [G#m] of your [F#m] life holds you in and keeps you out, [E] but you survive,
[C#m] imprisoned [E] in your bones [F#m] behind the icing glass [E] windows of your _ eyes.
_ [G#m] _ And in the [C#] night the [E] iron [A] wheels rolling through the [B]
[A] rain,
_ _ down the hill through the [D#] long _ [C#m] grass to the _ _ sea,
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [A]
bells ringing with [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#] joy all the _ _ way.
_ [C#m] _ Alone, _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ even now by the gate, [D#m] _
with your long hair blowing,
_ [A#] _
and the colors of the day [B] that lie along your arms,
you must [A] barter your life to make sure you are living.
_ [B] _ And the crowd [A] that has _ come, you give them the colors,
and the [D#] bells, and the wind, and the dream.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] Will there never be a prince [A] who rides along the [E] sea and the _ mountains,
scattering the [A] sand and the foam into [E] amethyst _ _ fountains,
[C#m] riding up [B] the hills [F#m] from the beach in the [E] long summer grass,
[C#m] [B] holding the sun in his [F#m]
hands and shattering the [E] icing _ glass. _
[Bm] Day and night and day [D] again and people come and go [A] away forever,
_ _ [E] while the shining [A] summer sea dances in the [E] glass of your mirror. _
_ [C#m] While you [E] search the [A] waves for love and your [E] visions for a sign,
[C#m] the knot of [E] tears around [A] your throat is crystallizing [E] into your design.
_ [E] _
_ [G#m] And in the [C#] night the [E] iron [A] wheels rolling through the [B] [A] rain, _ _
down the hills through the [D#] long [C#m] grass to the sea, _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] bells ringing with [B] _ [A] pain all the _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ way.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ Hello, _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] come _ _ _ along [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ with
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ me.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ [D#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] _ _
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