Intro
Gm A# Gbaug Gm D#
[Verse 1]
Gm A# Gbaug Gm
there lived a princess of the woods
D#
she thought she lived alone
Gm A#
she walked with fair skin
Gbaug Gm D#
on her head wine red hair did flow
[Chorus]
Gm A#
the birds were flying
D# D7 Gm
and bells were ringing in the distant sky
A#
the owl said
D#
you know its time to die
D7 Gm A# Gbaug Gm D#
so why not you and I
[Verse 2]
Gm A# Gbaug Gm
she sat at tables made of glass
D#
and drank from a silver spoon
Gm A# Gbaug Gm
the absinthe carved its secret path
D#
as it burned, a flower bloomed
[Chorus 2]
Gm A#
the autumn came
D# D7 Gm
she sought for her sleep and gazed up to the sky
A#
an elf did sing
D# D7
if you climb this highest tree
D#
I’ll sing you a lullaby
[Bridge]
Gm A# Gbaug Gm D# (x4)
[Chorus 3]
Gm A#
and so she climbs
D# D7
each moss step with moonlit rose
Gm
and blackberry stems
A#
to a bed of stars
D# D7
where she lays her body down
Gm
only with him
A#
and the silver sea
D# D7
where I saw swans with deep set wings
Gm
staring at me
A#
and the owl said
D#
you know it’s time to die
D7
so why not you and I
Gm A# Gbaug Gm D#
[Verse 3]
Gm A# Gbaug Gm
there lived a princess of the woods
D#
she thought she lived alone
Gm A# Gbaug Gm
she found her life inside a song
D#
& so she made it home
[Outro]
Gm A# Gbaug Gm F