Sir Gawain And The Green Knight Chords by Heather Dale

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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ New Year's Day, _ [A] _
[Am] _ dawning wet on Britain's shore,
_ [A] _
_ _ King's Hall [G] roused [A] by a [Am] pounding on the door. _ _
Shy knight, dressed in [A] green, never seen [Am] before,
Handsome accent, holds it high, and lets the challenge roar.
You paving men may fear dishonor, but you fear my vengeance _ more.
[A] _ _ [C] _ That's [A] fear that chills you [Am] like a race,
[C] And it's [D] doubt you gird [A] about your waist.
[C] It's [A] prayer the man [Am] who'll hold to faith, [C]
[A] face me.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Sir Galway, _ _ King and Prince of [Am] Northern Isles, _
_ [A] _ _ Shouted shame [Am] on you brothers, on your silence.
_ [A] _
To the accent took his glove, brought the giant low,
Raised his head and held it high, and met the giant high.
And cried I'll meet your vengeance in a [C] year, and we'll see [A] we'll die, through our eye.
_ [C]
That's fear [D] that [A] chills you like a race,
[C] And it's doubt [D] you gird [A] about your [C] waist.
It's [A] prayer the man who'll hold to [C] faith, [D] face me.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
[Am] _ _ [A] _ Summer gone, _ _ [Am] and Galway leaves upon his quest,
[A] _
_ _ _ Five [E] points stop, [A] a sigh and a faith upon his chest. _ _
_ [Am] Sees his foe travels west, not knowing where [A] to go,
No clue until a Baroness has promised me to show,
But only if he stays guest with his vow in three [Am] days.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C]
[A] That's fear that chills you like [Am] a race,
[C] And it's doubt [A] you gird about your waist.
[C] It's [A] prayer the man who'll hold to [C] faith, [D] face me.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ She plays the [C] maid, _ [A] _
but feign the Baroness' [Am] hope, _ _
_ _ _ [A] Galway's not swayed, another lady holds his oath. _ _ _
[Am] She offers body, offers land, but each man's [A] his own.
She puts a belt into his hand, a gift of magic earned by constancy,
[Am] And he's called _ [A] to his gift.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [C]
That's [A] fear that [Am] chills you like a race,
_ [C]
And it's doubt [A] you [Am] gird about your waist.
[C] It's [A] prayer the man who'll hold to [C] faith, [A] face me.
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ New Year's [Am] Day, _ _ dawning wet on Britain's shore, _ _
_ [A] _ _ Galway meets [D] the [A] same green knight once [Am] more. _ _
A man who laughs and kneads [A] his hand instead of challenging me,
Galway, in a blast, proceeds to his god and bends a reverend knee,
[Am] Taking where my lady's felt [G] the green man [A] gladly cries,
And see to it you serve us well in all paths of life.
May Crompton's hand be faithful, _ there that felt her all to see, _
Let a man hang here for justice, [C] and he left [A] here blessed [Em] by me. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ Left [A] here blessed by me.
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _