Intro
Bm D A#aug Bm G
[Verse 1]
Bm D A#aug Bm
there lived a princess of the woods
G
she thought she lived alone
Bm D
she walked with fair skin
A#aug Bm G
on her head wine red hair did flow
[Chorus]
Bm D
the birds were flying
G F#7 Bm
and bells were ringing in the distant sky
D
the owl said
G
you know its time to die
F#7 Bm D A#aug Bm G
so why not you and I
[Verse 2]
Bm D A#aug Bm
she sat at tables made of glass
G
and drank from a silver spoon
Bm D A#aug Bm
the absinthe carved its secret path
G
as it burned, a flower bloomed
[Chorus 2]
Bm D
the autumn came
G F#7 Bm
she sought for her sleep and gazed up to the sky
D
an elf did sing
G F#7
if you climb this highest tree
G
I’ll sing you a lullaby
[Bridge]
Bm D A#aug Bm G (x4)
[Chorus 3]
Bm D
and so she climbs
G F#7
each moss step with moonlit rose
Bm
and blackberry stems
D
to a bed of stars
G F#7
where she lays her body down
Bm
only with him
D
and the silver sea
G F#7
where I saw swans with deep set wings
Bm
staring at me
D
and the owl said
G
you know it’s time to die
F#7
so why not you and I
Bm D A#aug Bm G
[Verse 3]
Bm D A#aug Bm
there lived a princess of the woods
G
she thought she lived alone
Bm D A#aug Bm
she found her life inside a song
G
& so she made it home
[Outro]
Bm D A#aug Bm F