Chords for Mathura Nagarpati

_ _ The concluding piece of the first half strikes a different tone.
While the romance between Radha and Krishna while he was growing up in the village of Golgotha
is the most famous and well-known of Indian love stories, it did not end happily.
When Krishna reached adulthood, he left Golgotha, and there is no mention in the ancient stories
of whether he ever saw Radha again.
He'd be plunged into politics and wars that were ravaging India at that time.
He had become the ruler of the city of Mathura, and he would ultimately be the guiding force
for good in the great war of the _ Mahabharata.
_ However, there has always been a parallel stream of Indian poetry and songs
that have wondered whether, in spite of all his power and glory, and the many royal princesses
he took as wives, Krishna ever found true love again.
This is one such song.
Here, Krishna is not seen as a god, but as a man who forsook his true love for the sake of duty,
power, and glory, and is realizing much too late that none of it truly fills the emptiness in his heart.
But now it is too late for the lord of Mathura to return back to the village of Gokula. _
This song will be accompanied by a translation in English.
Ladies and gentlemen, get your tissues ready. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ This morning, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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a strange thing is happening. _ _
_ _ _ This morning, a strange thing is happening.
_ Babaji is looking back at Gokula, the king of Mathura.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ Lord of Mathura, why do you return to Gokula? _
_ _ _ _ [Em] You discard your royal [F#] _ _ robes, and you remove the golden [Bm] crown from your _ [B] head. _ _
You cast your royal scepter on the _ _ ground, _ _ and you cast your long [Em]-forgotten [B] flute. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] Lord of Mathura, [F#] why do you return?
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_ _ _ _ _ Lord of Mathura, _ why do you return to Gokula? _ _ _ _ _ _
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What is this song with the words of Spring Singh? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Raju, that [Bm] glory and power _ suddenly [B] seemed less than dust.
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_ What song [B] with the words of Spring Singh, that the memory of lost love pierces your heart like an arrow?
_ [Bm] _ _ [B] Raju, that you ignore [Em] your royal _ [B] duties. _
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_ _ Raju, that you ignore your [Em] royal [B] duties.
_ _ _ [Em] Lord of Mathura, _ [F#] why do you return [Bm] to Gokula?
_ _ _ _ _ Lord of Mathura, _ why do you return to Gokula? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ _ Look with anxious eyes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] The flower's true, silken bed _ _ feels like it's full of thorns. _ _
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_ _ Lord [Bm] of Mathura, why do you return to Gokula?
_ [B] Why do you summon your chariot for a break of dawn? _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ Lord of [F#] Mathura, why do [Bm] you return to Gokula? _ _ _
_ _ Lord of Mathura, _ why do you return to Gokula? _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] At long last we reach the banks of the Yamuna river. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] The river banks are empty.
_ Only a gentle breeze murmurs through the trees. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ At long last we reach the banks of the Yamuna river. _
[C#] And you are lost in [B] the memories of the past.
_ Why can you not forget her?
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Lord of Mathura, _ [F#] why do you return [Bm] to Gokula? _ _ _ _ _ _
Lord of Mathura, _ why do you return to Gokula? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Your beloved _ _ _ is now another man's wife. _ _
_ _ _ _ She spends all her days in cooking and in _ _ _ housework. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Your Radha is now a homemaker.
_ She spends all her days _ in cooking and in housework.
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_ Her heartbroken _ tears _ have long, [E] long [B] ago been wiped away. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] Why [B] remind her of [C#m] her doomed love?
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_ Lord of Mathura, _ _ why do you return to Gokula?
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[Bm] _ Lord of Mathura, [E] _ [F#] why [Bm] do you [B] return to Gokula?
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_ Lord of Mathura, [E] _ why _ [Bm] do you return [E] to Gokula?
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