Chords for Kris Kristofferson - Darby's Castle
Tempo:
100.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
A
C
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C] [F]
[C] See the ruin on the hill [F] where the smoke [A] is hanging [D] still, [G] like an echo of an [C] age long forgotten.
There's a story of a home [F] crushed beneath [A] those [Dm] blackened stones [G] and the roof that fell [F] before the [G] beams were rotten.
[C] [G] [Dm]
[Em] [Dm] [C] Cecil Darby loved his wife [F] and he labored [C] [Dm] all his life to [G] provide her with material [C] possessions.
And he built for her a home [F] of the finest wood and [Dm] stone [G] and the building [F] soon became his [G] sole obsession.
[C] [B] [Dm]
[Em] [Dm] [F] Oh, it took three hundred [G]
days [C] for the timbers to be raised and [F] the silhouette [C] was seen for miles [G] around.
[C] And the gables reached as high [F] as the [Am] eagles in [Dm] the sky, [G] but it only took [F] one night to bring it [G] down.
[C] [G] [Gm] When Darby's castle [G] [C] tumbled to the ground,
[G] [D] though they shared a common bed, [G] there was precious [Em] little said.
[A] In the moments that were set [D] aside for sleeping, for his busy dreams were filled [G] with the rooms he'd yet to [Em] build.
[A] And he never [G] heard young Helen [A] Darby a-weeping.
[Em] [F#m] [Am] [D] Then one night he heard a sound [G] [F#] as he [E] laid his pencil [Em] down.
[A] And he traced it to her door and [D] turned the handle.
And the pale light of the moon through [G] the window [Em] of the room
split [A] the shadows where two [G]
bodies [A] lay [D] [A] entangled.
[Em]
[F#m] [Em] [G] Oh, it took three [A] hundred days for [D] the timbers to be raised [G] and the silhouette [D] was seen for [A] miles around.
And [D] the gables reached as high [G] as the eagles [Em] in the sky, [A] but it only [G] took one night to bring [A] it down.
[A] When Darby's castle tumbled [G] to the ground.
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D]
[N]
[C] See the ruin on the hill [F] where the smoke [A] is hanging [D] still, [G] like an echo of an [C] age long forgotten.
There's a story of a home [F] crushed beneath [A] those [Dm] blackened stones [G] and the roof that fell [F] before the [G] beams were rotten.
[C] [G] [Dm]
[Em] [Dm] [C] Cecil Darby loved his wife [F] and he labored [C] [Dm] all his life to [G] provide her with material [C] possessions.
And he built for her a home [F] of the finest wood and [Dm] stone [G] and the building [F] soon became his [G] sole obsession.
[C] [B] [Dm]
[Em] [Dm] [F] Oh, it took three hundred [G]
days [C] for the timbers to be raised and [F] the silhouette [C] was seen for miles [G] around.
[C] And the gables reached as high [F] as the [Am] eagles in [Dm] the sky, [G] but it only took [F] one night to bring it [G] down.
[C] [G] [Gm] When Darby's castle [G] [C] tumbled to the ground,
[G] [D] though they shared a common bed, [G] there was precious [Em] little said.
[A] In the moments that were set [D] aside for sleeping, for his busy dreams were filled [G] with the rooms he'd yet to [Em] build.
[A] And he never [G] heard young Helen [A] Darby a-weeping.
[Em] [F#m] [Am] [D] Then one night he heard a sound [G] [F#] as he [E] laid his pencil [Em] down.
[A] And he traced it to her door and [D] turned the handle.
And the pale light of the moon through [G] the window [Em] of the room
split [A] the shadows where two [G]
bodies [A] lay [D] [A] entangled.
[Em]
[F#m] [Em] [G] Oh, it took three [A] hundred days for [D] the timbers to be raised [G] and the silhouette [D] was seen for [A] miles around.
And [D] the gables reached as high [G] as the eagles [Em] in the sky, [A] but it only [G] took one night to bring [A] it down.
[A] When Darby's castle tumbled [G] to the ground.
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D]
[N]
Key:
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[G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ See the ruin on the hill [F] where the smoke [A] is hanging [D] still, _ [G] like an echo of an [C] age long forgotten. _ _
There's a story of a home [F] crushed beneath [A] those [Dm] blackened stones [G] and the roof that fell [F] before the [G] beams were rotten.
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Em] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] Cecil Darby loved his wife [F] and he labored [C] [Dm] all his life to [G] provide her with material _ [C] possessions. _ _
And he built for her a home [F] of the finest wood and [Dm] stone [G] and the building [F] soon became his [G] sole obsession.
[C] _ [B] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Em] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] Oh, it took three hundred [G]
days [C] for the timbers to be raised and [F] the silhouette [C] was seen for miles [G] around. _ _ _
[C] And the gables reached as high [F] as the [Am] eagles in [Dm] the sky, [G] but it only took [F] one night to bring it [G] down.
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] When Darby's castle [G] [C] tumbled to the ground, _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ though they shared a common bed, [G] there was precious [Em] little said.
[A] In the moments that were set [D] aside for sleeping, _ _ for his busy dreams were filled [G] with the rooms he'd yet to [Em] build.
[A] And he never [G] heard young Helen [A] Darby a-weeping. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [F#m] _ [Am] _ [D] Then one night he heard a sound [G] [F#] as he [E] laid his pencil [Em] down.
[A] And he traced it to her door and [D] turned the handle. _
And the pale light of the moon through [G] the window [Em] of the room
split [A] the shadows where two [G]
bodies [A] lay _ [D] [A] entangled.
_ _ [Em] _
[F#m] _ [Em] _ [G] Oh, it took three [A] hundred days for [D] the timbers to be raised [G] and the silhouette [D] was seen for [A] miles around.
_ And [D] the gables reached as high [G] as the eagles [Em] in the sky, [A] but it only [G] took one night to bring [A] it down.
[A] _ _ When Darby's castle tumbled [G] to the ground.
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[C] _ _ See the ruin on the hill [F] where the smoke [A] is hanging [D] still, _ [G] like an echo of an [C] age long forgotten. _ _
There's a story of a home [F] crushed beneath [A] those [Dm] blackened stones [G] and the roof that fell [F] before the [G] beams were rotten.
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
[Em] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] Cecil Darby loved his wife [F] and he labored [C] [Dm] all his life to [G] provide her with material _ [C] possessions. _ _
And he built for her a home [F] of the finest wood and [Dm] stone [G] and the building [F] soon became his [G] sole obsession.
[C] _ [B] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Em] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] Oh, it took three hundred [G]
days [C] for the timbers to be raised and [F] the silhouette [C] was seen for miles [G] around. _ _ _
[C] And the gables reached as high [F] as the [Am] eagles in [Dm] the sky, [G] but it only took [F] one night to bring it [G] down.
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Gm] When Darby's castle [G] [C] tumbled to the ground, _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ though they shared a common bed, [G] there was precious [Em] little said.
[A] In the moments that were set [D] aside for sleeping, _ _ for his busy dreams were filled [G] with the rooms he'd yet to [Em] build.
[A] And he never [G] heard young Helen [A] Darby a-weeping. _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [F#m] _ [Am] _ [D] Then one night he heard a sound [G] [F#] as he [E] laid his pencil [Em] down.
[A] And he traced it to her door and [D] turned the handle. _
And the pale light of the moon through [G] the window [Em] of the room
split [A] the shadows where two [G]
bodies [A] lay _ [D] [A] entangled.
_ _ [Em] _
[F#m] _ [Em] _ [G] Oh, it took three [A] hundred days for [D] the timbers to be raised [G] and the silhouette [D] was seen for [A] miles around.
_ And [D] the gables reached as high [G] as the eagles [Em] in the sky, [A] but it only [G] took one night to bring [A] it down.
[A] _ _ When Darby's castle tumbled [G] to the ground.
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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