[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Em C
We sat in gilded rooms of fine old glass
Em C
The light from candles dancing on the walls
Em C
She sang me the songs she'd written in her sorrow
D Asus2
And told me she'd be dead and gone tomorrow
Em C
She learned to sing and paint in her own blood
Em C
As it dripped upon the strings of her guitar
Em C
She found a blade of steel in the silver flood
D A
And tore her friends and fingernails apart
Em C
She thought perhaps that she would marry soon
Em C
The lover who would set her heart on fire
Em C
The one she chose under the waning moon
D A
She ground them down as every flame burned higher
[Chorus]
G Cmaj7
And it's only time will tell and time alone
G Cmaj7
What is meant when all is set in stone
D C
Who will ride one day on the shining horse
D A A
Who will win and who will stay the course
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
Em C
He was the wrangler of some famous men
Em C
He was the star of every stage he crossed
Em C
He was the mountain he would have to move
D A
For he was never found and never lost
Em C
They met when he was thirty years of age
Em C
Already at his peak and at a loss
Em C
Joan of Arc had crossed his path so early
D A
And he had borne the dagger and the cross
[Chorus]
G Cmaj7
And it's only time will tell and time alone
G Cmaj7
What is meant by all this skin and bone
D C
Who will ride off on the shining horse
D A A
Who will win and who will stay the course
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Em C
He said, I'd really like to study love
Em C
Taking both her hands between his own
Em C
He heard the singing of the mourning dove
D A
And felt his soul was ready to atone
Em C
The girl with hair of gold and heart of steel
Em C
In time her past and future would begin
Em C
She wept in caves and watched the turning wheel
D A
And lost as often as she failed to win
[Chorus]
G Cmaj7
And it's only time will tell and time alone
G Cmaj7
What is meant by all this skin and bone
D C
Who will ride off on the shining horse
D A A
Who will win and who will stay the course
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
Em C
The man who wrote the poems of ash and blood
Em C
All the saints were dancing to his rhymes
Em C
He had the gift of purest, truest love
D A A
He had the cure for each and every crime
[Chorus]
G Cmaj7
And it's only time will tell and time alone
G Cmaj7
What is meant when all set in stone
D C
Who will ride off on the shining horse
D A A
Who will win and who will stay the course
[Outro]
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