Quite the time capsule to revisit old threads like this. I've since recorded this song on my "Song and the Sigh" CD. Now, I do the song the way I learned it from John McCutcheon 25 years ago (!), which is not exactly the way Si sings it. His words are closer to: WHAT WILL I LEAVE Words and music by Si Kahn Late in the evening as light fades away In silence we gather together Searching the faces of those who are here For those who have left us forever What will I leave What will I leave What will I leave behind When I am gone Who'll carry on What will I leave behind Where are the ones who caught flame in the night Fired up by the heat of devotion Measuring their lives by the light of the truth They burned like a lamp on the ocean Who will remember the words of the brave That lifted us higher and higher Who will remember the price that they paid For lives lived too close to the fire Hearts of the ones who inherit your lives Will rest in the truth you have spoken Memory will echo the trust that you kept Like you it will never be broken John's (and therefore my) melody differ a bit from Si's original as well, although Si has always been very gracious about that. In D, chords to go with Si's version would be more or less: D A Bm Late in the evening as light fades away G D A7 In silence we gather together D A Bm Searching the faces of those who are here G D A7-D For those who have left us forever D What will I leave G What will I leave d A7 What will I leave behind D When I am gone G Who'll carry on D A7-D What will I leave behind I think. I'm pulling this out of my, er, hat, and Si may vary it a bit more than I remember. Plus different browsers render spacing differently, so yo'll have to listen for the chord changes. There's a brief excerpt of my version on CDBaby - http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/danschatz2 - you can listen to, but again it's a bit different from Si's. Good luck! Dan
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