The Ballad Of Casey Deiss

Am C G Am (4x) Am C G Am T'was a man of youthful features C G Am T'was a boy of sorrowful eyes C G Am Watching out but looking inward C G Am Tall and stately and full of life Am C G Am (2x) C G Am In his life, he spoke but rarely C G Am In his mind he cried for light C G Am Painting perceptions trying to capture C G Am That which he saw in his questioning strife Am C G Am (2x) C G Am Once in Lisbon, twice in London C G Am Travelling around for all of his time C G Am Looking for and finding a goddess C G Am He took Diana to be his wife Am C G Am (2x) C G Am Of the children, they'd begotten C G Am Two had died without knowing life C G Am And the third I know not whereof C G Am But if she lives, she will yet be kind Am C G Am (2x) C G Am Casey had a mark of simple value C G Am He had a star between his eyes C G Am In his hands he held an axe blade C G Am The Greek symbol of thunder and fire Am C G Am (2x) C G Am On a night when the heavens were crying C G Am He went out and took his blade C G Am Chopping wood to warm his hearthside C G Am The lightning came and my brother died Am C G Am (4x) C G Am Bring him no wine from faraway vineyards C G Am Tell him no tales of the canyon's might C G Am But wish him peace and eternal wisdom C G Am For he has died and he died in light Am C G Am (9x) A G6add9 (2x) Asus2 F# E G Abm B Am C G Am (8x)