Chords for Morte d’Arthur

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King Arthur lay [D] dying on bloody [Am] Camelon [D] Ringed round with the slain, both a friend
and [G] a foe [Am] Sir Bedware stood by, his face haggard and
drawn [D] His body sore, wounded, [C] his heart [Em] full of
woe _ [Am] Said Arthur to Bedware, [D] come take [Am] up my sword
[D] Cast it far out [C] where the water [G] runs deep [Am] _ Excalibur must [D] to the lake be [Am] restored
[D] To the hand of the lady in [G] honour to keep [F] For the king that once was [G] shall be king yet
again [C] And the glory [G] of England [Am] shall _ rise
[F] For the king that once [G] was is a king for all time
[Am] And a [G] dream that is true [F] never _ dies [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] But Bedware could not bring [Dm] himself to [Am] obey
The sword he would hide [C] in the reeds [G] by the shore
[Am] To Arthur he said, [D] I have cast it [Am] away [Dm] The waves rose to meet it, I [Em] saw nothing more
_ [Am] O Bedware, O Bedware, [D] my first [Am] man and last [D] You must not prove false [C] now we come [G] to the
end [Am] But do as I bid [A] you, take part [Am] and stand fast
I [D] charge you as a liege, [C] Lord, I ask [G] as your [F] friend
For the king that once [G] was shall be king yet again
And the glory of England [Am] shall _ rise [F] For the king that once was [G] is a king for all
time [Am] And a dream [G] that is true [F] never _ dies
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_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] At last loyal [D] Bedware took up the king's [Am] blade
And cast it, he thought, [C] to a [G] watery grave [Am] From the lake rose an arm in rare [D] semi [Am]-draid
It [D] grasped the great sword-hilt and [Em] sank near the wave
_ [Am] Then out of the mist [D] came a boat with [Am] black sails
[D] Three sable-clad queens it [C] forced steadily [G] on
[Am] The queen of North Gallis, [Dm] the queen of [Am] Far Isles
And [Dm] Morgaine, the king's sister [C] from Fair [G] Avalon
[F] For the king that once [G] was shall be king yet again
And the glory of England [Am] shall _ rise [F] For the king that once [G] was is a king for
all time [Am] And a dream [G] that is true [F] never dies
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_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [B] [Am] The queens with great [D] mourning took Arthur [Am] aboard
[D] They laid him out gently [C] and cradled [G] his head
[Am] But Bedware cried out, [D] Do not leave me, my [Am] lord
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Depart not this world [C] or our dreams [Em] are all dead
_ [Am] O Bedware, I go to [Dm] Fair Avalon's vale [D] To lay down my cares and [C] to [G] shrive me my soul
[Am] Go forth from this place of [D] our deeds, [Am] tell the tale
[D] And keep well my kingdom [C] united [G] and whole
[F] For the king that once was [G] shall be king yet again
And the glory of England [Am] shall _ rise [F] For the king that once [G] was is a king for
all time And [Am] a dream that is true [F] never _ dies
[Am] No, a dream [G] that is true [F] never _ dies
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