Intro
A#m C# Aaug A#m F#
[Verse 1]
A#m C# Aaug A#m
there lived a princess of the woods
F#
she thought she lived alone
A#m C#
she walked with fair skin
Aaug A#m F#
on her head wine red hair did flow
[Chorus]
A#m C#
the birds were flying
F# F7 A#m
and bells were ringing in the distant sky
C#
the owl said
F#
you know its time to die
F7 A#m C# Aaug A#m F#
so why not you and I
[Verse 2]
A#m C# Aaug A#m
she sat at tables made of glass
F#
and drank from a silver spoon
A#m C# Aaug A#m
the absinthe carved its secret path
F#
as it burned, a flower bloomed
[Chorus 2]
A#m C#
the autumn came
F# F7 A#m
she sought for her sleep and gazed up to the sky
C#
an elf did sing
F# F7
if you climb this highest tree
F#
I’ll sing you a lullaby
[Bridge]
A#m C# Aaug A#m F# (x4)
[Chorus 3]
A#m C#
and so she climbs
F# F7
each moss step with moonlit rose
A#m
and blackberry stems
C#
to a bed of stars
F# F7
where she lays her body down
A#m
only with him
C#
and the silver sea
F# F7
where I saw swans with deep set wings
A#m
staring at me
C#
and the owl said
F#
you know it’s time to die
F7
so why not you and I
A#m C# Aaug A#m F#
[Verse 3]
A#m C# Aaug A#m
there lived a princess of the woods
F#
she thought she lived alone
A#m C# Aaug A#m
she found her life inside a song
F#
& so she made it home
[Outro]
A#m C# Aaug A#m F