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