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