A Dreadful Strain Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][F][Am][G][Am][F]
[Dm][Am][G][F][Am][G]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Under (the) moon,
[G]spring time [Am]still to [G]come
[Dm]"If I keep q[C]uest[Am]ing,
I [Em]may find some settling!"
[C]Jack- in- the- Green [G]show me
your [Am]droll face of [F]wood
[Dm]Look [F]around at [Am]the f[Em]rightened
faces
[Am][G][F][Am]

[Verse 2]
[G][F]
[Am]One man speaks,
loud and loud [G]he cries
[Dm]"All those strange [Am]fellows must
[Em]go away to barrows!"
[C]Then they all went [G]for a [Am]riot in[F]deed
[Dm]Torch in [F]hand [Am]and [E]angry glances
[Am][G][F][Am][G]
[F]

[Verse 3]
[Am][Bridge:]
Here is Jenny Greenteeth, twelve miles
from the nearest [G]inn
[Am](the) innkeeper speaks of filthy tricks,
she's as old [C]as trees![G#][Am][C]
[F]- be [Bb]aware [C]- A[G#]s[Am][C]
[Am]old as trees!

[Verse 4]
[Dm][Chorus:]
[Am]Nighttime [G]- n[Dm]ever they say,
go off [Bb]alone
In their tracks I [C]walk - A dreadful
[Em]strain[Dm][Em][Dm][Am][Dm]
Their homes so [Bb]hid d[Am]en,
[Dm]through branches [Bb]old they [C]wait
[Dm]No gold nor [Bb]silver, [Am]twig[Dm]gy arm s[Am] don[F]'t want y[G]our gold..[Dm]..!
[C][Am][Dm]

[Interlude 1]
[C][F]
[Am][C][G][Am][F][Am]
[C][G][Am][F][Dm][Em][Am]

[Verse 5]
In the end, the [G]circle's [Am]close at [G]hand
[Dm]Living more [Am]gently,
let's [Em]have a glass of [Am]brandy
[C]Never they saw their [G]home's
door [Am]open at [F]night
[Dm]Stars [F]witness [Em]their silent [E]traces
[Am][G][F][Am][G]
[F]

[Verse 6]
[Am][Bridge:]
Here is Dana o'Shee, she's
dwelling by to take re[G]venge
[Am]Empty a jug of whitest milk over her [G]head!
[Am]- sh[C]e'll pass [G#]away[Am][C][F][Bb][C]
[G#]- Ov[C]er h[Am]er head!

[Verse 7]
[Dm][Chorus:]
[Am]Nighttime [Dm]- never they say,
go off [Bb]alone
In their tracks I [C]walk - A dreadful
[Em]strain[Dm][Am][Dm]
Their homes so [Bb]hid d[Dm]en,
through branches old they [Am]wait
[Dm]No gold nor sil [Bb]ver, [Am]fear [Dm]is sold [C]at ha[F]lf pri[G]ce....!

[Outro 1]
[Dm][C][Dm][C][Dm]
[C][F][G][Dm][G][F][C][G]
[Dm][C][Dm][C][Dm]
[C][F][G][F][C][G]
[Am][C][G][Am][F][Am][Em][Am]
[C][G][Am]
[F][G][Am][Dm][G][Dm]
[Bb][C][Em][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Bb][Am][Dm][C][Dm][Bb][Am][Dm][Am][C]
[F][G][Dm][Am][G][Dm][Bb][C]
[Em][Dm][Em][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Bb][Solos: Jarpen, Ay[Am]dan]
[Dm][Chorus x 2][Bb][Am]
[Dm][C][Am][F][G][Dm][C][F][Dm]