Christabel

Dsus4 - Dm C It's been seven long days and seven hard nights Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 In a '62 Chevy with broke taillights Dsus4 - Dm C An east - bound man in a west - bound lane Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 A dishwater blonde about sixteen Dsus4 - Dm C Was standing on the shoulder with a ribbon in her hair Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 Her hand on her hip and her thumb in the air Dsus4 - Dm C And I pulled off the road and as she grabbed for the door Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 I knew the wind was cold 'cause I'd seen it all before Dsus4 - Dm A7 And I was scared Dm C Dm6/B Things ain't never what they seem Dm A# A7 Dm - A7 - Dm When you find you livin' in your own dream Dsus4 - Dm C Now the moonlight peeked in and out behind the clouds Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 Now and again on this godless child Dsus4 - Dm C And the radio was scrambed, cracklin' in the air Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 The ribbon she wore looked old in her hair Dsus4 - Dm C And I saw the moonlight sliver dead down on her face Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 I knew it was true, she was in the wrong place Dsus4 - Dm C In the wrong time, in the wrong tale Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 I knew when I'd asked her she'd hiss, "Christabel" Dm C Dm6/B Things ain't never what they seem Dm A# A7 Dm - A7 - Dm When you find you livin' in your own dream Dsus4 - Dm C She was after the man who had left her alone Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 With no father beside her and love longtime gone Dsus4 - Dm C And the snake deep inside her, a hiss in her head Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 The rest that had been her was dying or dead Dsus4 - Dm C And she'd a taste for young women with pearly white skin Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 She spat on the floor when she spoke of the man Dsus4 - Dm C Who made her like this, who had written her tale Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 This medieval maid they called "Christabel" Dm C Dm6/B Things ain't never what they seem Dm A# A7 Dm - A7 - Dm When you find you livin' in your own dream Dsus4 - Dm C Then she breathed out the story of her lover - to - be Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 A knight shining armor on a silvery steed Dsus4 - Dm C Who longed to be worthy so he sought the crusade Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 While she waited, breath bated, in linen brocade Dsus4 - Dm C But a pair of black eyes wove 'round her a spell Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 The snake they call Lydia seduced Christabel Dsus4 - Dm C And she cuddled her tender, she poisoned her soul Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 She stole her young body and made it her own Dm C Dm6/B Things ain't never what they seem Dm A# A7 Dm - A7 - Dm When you find you livin' in your own dream Dsus4 - Dm C Now the knight would love Lydia in Christabel's arms Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 And Lydia would have it should he ever return Dsus4 - Dm C But Lydia was left with the story undone Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 No silvery steed, no castle, no throne Dsus4 - Dm C Half - woman, half - serpent entwined in a spell Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 A barge black and fancy this medieval tale Dsus4 - Dm C And she faded at dawning, the bird and the beast Gsus2/B - Dm6/B A# A7 Deep in the dreams of those bound for the east Dsus4 - Dm C Like me Dm C Dm6/B Things ain't never what they seem Dm A# A7 Dm - A7 - Dm When you find you livin' in your own dream Dm C Dm6/B Things ain't never what they seem