Emerald Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][Am][C][D][F]
[G]

[Verse 1]
I [C]have
gone to the west:
The emerald [Am]kingdom [G]highway[D]
It's like [F]a hero's path I'm [G]following

[Verse 2]
I don't [C]know what [G]to think
What [Am]to do with myself [D]today
Shouldn't I [F]hear the future [G]calling me?

[Verse 3]
Under a low [Am]cloud
Vanishing [G]up through the treeline of
the moun[Am]tain
Catching [G]the light from the morning
on [F]a river come [Em]to life:
The grand Columbia
[D][F]

[Verse 4]
[G]
I've re[C]turned this time
[G]Through these cas[Am]cades in aut[D]umn
And [F]for once, I am [G]unquestioning

[Verse 5]
I [C]can see the boatmen shout
[G]Over the[Am] wind and engines
[D]As the[F] gold coins shower
from [G]aspen trees

[Verse 6]
And into the twi[Am]light
The hazy [G]moon on the
amethystine [Am]river
Watching [G]the hair and lifting up
And [F]her wings spread [Em]wide as the [D]Columbia
[F][G]

[Verse 7]
Unbe[C]knownst to my [G]pride
I had [Am]filled my [D]memories
With these [F]hours of gold
and [G]emerald light

[Verse 8]
Now [C]I plunge my hand[G]s
[Em]Into [Am]all this time I've [D]lived
And the jew[F]els spill through [G]my fingers

[Verse 9]
I am [C]back in [G]the west
[Am]On this canyon highw[C]ay[D]
I [F]can see a girl is [G]passing

[Verse 10]
She is [C]going so [Em]fast
[Am]I can hardly tell it[D]'s me
Doesn't she [F]know that
she'll be traveling
[G]

[Verse 11]
Under a low [Am]cloud
Out [G]of the northwest and through
the Rocky [Am]Mountains
Across [G]the prairies to the Appalachian
[F]Rises now [Em]the Pennsylvania farm[D]s
Into [G]the traffic of [F]the eastern cities
[Em]Into my town[D], onto my stre[G]et
Up [F]the stairs, into my [Em]house
Grab the kid[D]s,
and out [G]the back into the [F]garden[Em][C][D]