Blue Maidens Tale

Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D The sun did rise, C G/B Am A9 Am yesterday, on that frozen hill Em D As the crow flies, C G/B Am A9 Am about twenty miles from Brownsville Em D As I lay asleep C G/B Am A9 Am Comfortably caught in my dream Em D Visions of you C G/B Am A9 Am A Wading in a mountain stream G And there's a story Em D G Em D No one knows if it's true G About a maiden Em D G Em D Just as pretty as you C It's a tale of a soldier who Bm F Left that maiden blue Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D As I walk alone C G/B Am A9 Am This path that I chose long ago Em D Try as I may C G/B Am A9 Am I can't keep my demons below Em D C And every tear that I've caused G/B Am A9 Am Comes back twelvefold Em D C And my destiny is to walk through G/B Am A9 Am A The rain and the cold G And there's a story Em D G Em D No one knows if it's true G About a maiden Em D G Em D Just as pretty as you C It's a tale of a soldier who Bm F Left that maiden blue Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D C G/B Am A9 Am A G And there's a story Em D G Em D No one knows if it's true G About a maiden Em D G Em D Just as pretty as you C It's a tale of a soldier who Bm F Left that maiden blue Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em Em7 Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D C G/B Am A9 Am Em D The sun did set, C G/B Am A9 Am last night on a Brownsville town Em D And the darkness that fell C G/B Am A9 Am We hope never again shall be found Em D And I lay awake C G/B Am A9 Am Hearing echoes of a young maiden's song Em D And sleep never came C G/B Am A9 Am Just the thoughts of the one I did wrong Em D C G/B Em D C G/B Em D C G/B Am The one I did wrong