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Thread #14213   Message #2235750
Posted By: catspaw49
13-Jan-08 - 07:23 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rebecca's Lament (James Keelaghan)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rebecca's Lament (James Keelaghan)
Needs to be on this thread as well.......I just found the following for a "searcher" from one of Clintons' old posts. Clinton kinda' woreout his welcome here but he was a big JK fan.


Rebecca's Lament
Key of D
(Capo 7th fret)
Relative chord shapes (As if your capo was the 'nut')
G C G D
Em C D G

The (G)last time I (C)saw him He'd been (G)swallowed by the (D)wood
I'd have (Em)followed if I (C)could, He'da(G)stayed had he(D) wanted
Had (G)he the (C)desire or (G)had I the (D)will
I would (Em)be with him (C)still but (G)instead he just (D)haunts me
I (C)knew when(D) he (G)faded I'd ne're see him (C)again
His (Am)laughter's (Am7th/G)embrace would no (C)more me (D)surround
The (G)chill that went (C)through me is the (G)chill wind that (D)blows
Through the (Em)soft midnight (C)stillness of (D)Chillico (G)town

The smell of the blanket he wrapped round my shoulders
Comes back to me now on a faint wisp of smoke
Comes back with a vengeance that makes me remember
Those nights round the fire and fond words we spoke
The blanket was woven in some shattered village
That is gone now forever May never be found
His people are scattered, his fondest hopes dashed
He'd a been better off here in Chillico town

I knew from the start just were he stood
About his intentions there was no mistake
To stay meant his dream so dear to his heart
Was the one thing he knew he must somehow forsake
He just couldn't see that the old ways were passing
A new wave was rising and he would be drowned
Like it or not history is written
Not in the forest but in Chillico town

There's sadness in parting with what we hold dear
There's a danger in staying for fear we'll be lost
One half of us wishes to live out our dreams
The other half reckons and counts out the cost
Though we may go on to a far greater glory
By knowing where destiny is sure to be found
I wish him no ill, though I wish him no fame
And such fame as he'd find here in Chillico town



And just in case you don't know what an (Am7th/G) chord is, here's the tab for it... from your bass strings down....

Spaw
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