A Poet's Lyre Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Asus2][Am][Asus4][Am][Asus2][A][Am]
[A][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am][Asus2]
[Am][A][Am]

[Verse 1]
[A]Child[Am] hood made a Po[A] e[Dm]t's L[Asus4]yre[A][Am][A]
[Am]Hands em[A]broidered [Am]in
limbs of [A]dark [Dm]briar[A]
[Dm]Bent to the wind's [Am]plaint
ive whistling [Dm]words
Scattering whisper[G]s
[A]in your nettled [Am]hood
[A]Would [Asus4]they fall[Dm] to
a weathered home
With [A]branches [Dm]of arms
for a [A]laden [Am]pillow
And [Asus2]years wro[Am]ught of
withering [Asus4]laurels

[Verse 2]
Blossoms [Dm]now on [Am]the [Dm]apple boughs
[A]Stars are [Dm]near [Am]to the shaded arbor
[A]Once [Am]a hand could touc[A]h[Am][A]
[Am]Where[Dm]fore the [F]other [Am]will search

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][F][Dm][Asus4][Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am][Asus4][Am]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Asus4][A][Asus2][Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Asus4][A]
[Am][Dm][Asus4]

[Verse 3]
[A]Child[Am]hood [F]made [Dm]a Poet's
[Asus4]Lyre[A][Bm][A]
Heart [Am]enfol[A]ded [G]in [A]wings
of black [Am]bird
[A]Could [Dm]they fly on feat[Am]h ers [G]bo[Am]rne[Dm]
When lips salute the [A]Hazel's
[Am]Horn
Or would [Asus4]they craw[Dm]l through
a weathered home
Should [A]lips [Dm]encumber [Am]a
[A]mordant moa[G]n[Asus4]
[A]Bent to [Am]the [A]wind's

[Verse 4]
whistling word
[Am]
What [Asus4]cloudy gu[Dm]est at this
darkened hearth
What [A]cloistered [Dm]hear[Am]t
to [A]hold [Am]the black [Dm]earth
[A]Once [Am]a hand coul[Dm]d touc[A]h
[Bm]Where[Am]fore [Dm]the [F]other [Dm]will search

[Outro 1]
[A][Am][Asus4][A][Am]
[A][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Asus4][Dm][Am][A][Am][Am]