Mercy of the Fallen
Words and music by Dar Williams
From The Beauty of the Rain
Transcription by:
Ron Greitzer
Date: January 11, 2003
Capo II
Oh my (G)fair North (D)Star
I have (Em)held to you (C)dearly
I had (G)asked you to (C)steer me
'Til one (G)cloud-scattered (D)night
I got (G)lost in my (D)travels
I met (Em)Leo the (C)lion
Met a (G)king and met a (C)giant
With their (G)errant (D)light (D7)
There's the (Em)wind and the (Bm)rain
And the (C)mercy of the fallen
Who say (G)they have no (D)claim to know what's (Em)right (C)
There's the (G)weak and the (D)strong
And the (Em)bets that have no (C)answer
And that's (G)where I may (D)rest my head to(Em)night (C)
I saw (G)all the bright (D)people
In im(Em)posing flocks they (C)landed
And they (G)got what they de(C)manded
And they (G)scratched at the (D)ground
Then they (G)flew
And the (D)fear grew as (Em)sweetly for the (C)flightless
Who had (G)longing yet de(C)spite this
Who could (G)hear every (D)sound
There's the (Em)wind and the (Bm)rain
And the (C)mercy of the fallen
Who say (G)they have no (D)claim to know what's (Em)right (C)
(G)(D)
(Em)(C)
(G)(D)(Em)(C)
And if your (G)sister or your (D)brother
Were (Em)stumbling on their (C)last mile
In a (G)self-inflicted (C)exile
You'd wish for (G)them a humble (D)friend
And I (G)hope some(D)day
That the (Em)best of Falstaff's (C)planners
Give me (G)seven half-built (C)manors
Where (G)half dreams may (D)dream without (Em)end (D)
There's the (Em)wind and the (Bm)rain
And the (C)mercy of the fallen
Who say (G)hey it's not my (D)place to know what's (Em)right (C)
There's the (G)weak and the (D)strong
And the (Em)many stars that (C)guide us
We have (G)some of them in(C)side us (G)(D)(G)
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