MERCY OF THE FALLEN (Dar Williams)
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[Actually in A; capo 2. Each chord is half a measure.]
G G G D Em C
[intro] Oh my fair north star, I have held to you dearly
G C G D
I had asked you to steer me, 'til one cloud-scattered night
G D Em C
I got lost in my travels; I met Leo the lion
G C G D D7
Met a king and met a giant, with their errant light [?]
Em Bm C C
There's the wind, and the rain, and the mercy of the fallen
G D Em C
Who say they have no claim to know what's right
G D Em C
There's the weak and the strong and the bets that have no answer
G D Em C
And that's where I may rest my head tonight
G D Em C
I saw all the bright people; in imposing flocks they landed
G C G D
And they got what they demanded, and they scratched at the ground
G D Em C
Then they flew, and the field grew as sweetly for the flightless
G C G D D7
Who had longing yet despite this, I could hear every sound
Em Bm C C
There's the wind, and the rain, and the mercy of the fallen
G D Em C
Who say they have no claim to know what's right
G D Em C G D Em - Em/D C
[instrumental]
G D Em C
And if your sister or your brother were stumbling on their last mile
G C G D
In a self-inflicted exile, you'd wish for them a humble friend
G D Em C
And I hope someday that the best of Falstaff's planners
G C G D Em D D7
Give me seven half-built manors, where half dreams may dream without end
Em Bm C C
There's the wind, and the rain, and the mercy of the fallen
G D Em C
Who say hey, it's not my place to know what's right
G D Em C
There's the weak, and the strong, and the many stars that guide us
G C G D G.
We have some of them inside us
- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/