LATE NOVEMBER
Sandy Denny
CEmGF
The wine it was drunk, the ship it was sunk,
CGFA
The shot it was dead, all the sorrows were drowned.
CEmGF
The birds they were clouds, the brides and the shrouds
CGFA
And as we drew south the mist it came down.
CEmGF
The wooded ravine to the wandering stream ,
CGFA
The serpent he moved, but no-one would say.
CEmGF
The depths of the waters, the Bridge which distraught us
CGFA
And brought to me thoughts of the ill-fated day.
CEmGF
The temples were filled with the strangest of creatures
CGFA
One played it by ear on the banks of the sea.
CEmGF
That one was found but the others they went under.
CGFA
Oh the tears which are shed, they won'??t come from me.
CEmGF
The methods of madness, the pathos and the sadness,
CGFA
God help you all, the insane and wise.
CEmGF
The black and the white, the darkness of the night,
CGFA
I see only smoke from the chimneys arise.
CEmGF
The pilot he flew all across the sky and woke me.
CGFA
He flew solo on the mercury sea.
CEmGF
The dream it came back, all about the tall brown people,
CGFA
The sacred young herd on the phosphorus sand.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.