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