Townes Van Zandt - (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria Chords

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_ [C] _ Well, _ _ _ a diamond [Am] fades quickly _ [Em] when matched to the [Am] face [Dm] of Maria.
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[F] All the harps, they [G] sound empty [F] when she lifts her [G] lips to [C] the sky. _ _
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_ All the brown of her [Am] skin makes her [Em] hair seem [Am] a soft [Dm] golden rainfall.
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_ _ _ [F] Spills from [G] the mountains to the _ bottomless depths of [C] her eyes.
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_ [C] _ Well, she stands [Am] all around me, [Em] her hands [Am] slowly sifting [Dm] the sunshine.
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_ _ All the [F] laughter that [G] lingered down [F] deep beneath her [G] smiling [C] is free. _
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_ [C] _ Well, it spins and it _ [Am] twirls [Em] like a hummingbird [Am] _ lost in [Dm] the morning.
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_ _ Then [F] caresses _ [G] the south wind [F] and silently _ [G] sails to [C] the sea.
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_ _ All the sculptors [Am] stand stricken [Em] and the artist, he [Am] throws away [Dm] his brushes.
_ _ When _ _ _ _ _ [F] her image [G] comes dancing, [F] the sun she [G] turns sullen [C] with shame.
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_ _ And the birds, they go [Am] _ silent [Em] and the wind stops [Am] his sad [Dm] mournful singing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ When [F] the trees of [G] the forest [Dm] start gently [G] to whisper in [C] her name.
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_ _ _ So as softly [Am] she wanders, [Em] I'll desperately [Am] follow [Dm] her footsteps. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And [F] I'll chase [G] after shadows [F] that offer [G] a trace [C] of her sigh.
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_ _ Oh, they promise _ [Am] _ _ [Em] eternally that she [Am] lies hidden [Dm] within them. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] But I find [G] they've deceived me [F] and sadly [G] I bid them [C] goodbye.
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_ _ So the serpent [Am] slides _ [Em] slowly away with [Am] his moments [Dm] of laughter.
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_ _ _ [F] And the old _ [G] washerwoman [F] is finished [G] to clean in [C] and gone.
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_ _ _ But the bamboo [Am] hangs heavy [Em] in the bondage [Am] of quick _ [Dm] silver _ _ daydreams. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] And a lonely [G] child longingly [F] looks for [G] a place to [C] belong.
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