Solas - The Unquiet Grave
Capo 2
[Intro]
Am C/G Am C
[Verse 1]
Am G
Cold blows the wind upon my true love
F C G
Soft falls the gentle rain
C F Am F
I never had but one true love
C G Am F
And in Greenwood she lies slain
[Verse 2]
C Am G
I'd lose much for my true love
F C G
As any young man may
C F Am F
I'll sit and I'll mourn all on your grave
C G Am F
For twelve months and a day
[Verse 3]
C Am G
When the twelfth month and one day had passed
F C G
The ghost began to speak
C F Am F
"Who is it that sits all on my grave
C G Am F
And will not let me sleep?"
[Verse 4]
C Am G
"'Tis I, 'tis I, thine own true love
F C G
That sits all on your grave
C F Am F
I ask of one kiss from your sweet lips
C G Am F
And that is all that I crave"
[Verse 5]
C Am G
"My lips, they are as clay, my love
F C G
My breath is earthy strong
C F Am F
And if you should kiss my clay-cold lips
C G Am F
Your time, 'twould not be long"
[Verse 6]
C Am G
"Look down in the yonder garden fair
F C G
Love, where we used to walk
C F Am F
The fairest flower that ever bloomed
C G Am F
Has withered and too the stalk"
[Verse 7]
C Am G
"The stalk, it has withered and dried, my love
F C G
So will our hearts decay
C F Am F
So make yourself content, my love
C G Am F
'Til death calls you away"
[Outro]
Am C/G Am C