Intro
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[Verse 1]
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there lived a princess of the woods
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she thought she lived alone
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she walked with fair skin
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on her head wine red hair did flow
[Chorus]
Dm F
the birds were flying
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and bells were ringing in the distant sky
F
the owl said
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you know its time to die
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so why not you and I
[Verse 2]
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she sat at tables made of glass
A#
and drank from a silver spoon
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the absinthe carved its secret path
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as it burned, a flower bloomed
[Chorus 2]
Dm F
the autumn came
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she sought for her sleep and gazed up to the sky
F
an elf did sing
A# A7
if you climb this highest tree
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I’ll sing you a lullaby
[Bridge]
Dm F Dbaug Dm A# (x4)
[Chorus 3]
Dm F
and so she climbs
A# A7
each moss step with moonlit rose
Dm
and blackberry stems
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to a bed of stars
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where she lays her body down
Dm
only with him
F
and the silver sea
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where I saw swans with deep set wings
Dm
staring at me
F
and the owl said
A#
you know it’s time to die
A7
so why not you and I
Dm F Dbaug Dm A#
[Verse 3]
Dm F Dbaug Dm
there lived a princess of the woods
A#
she thought she lived alone
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she found her life inside a song
A#
& so she made it home
[Outro]
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