Eye of the Day Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]They cal[Am]led me Margaretha
[C]the day [Am]I was [C]born
The [Am]day I died the soldier
[C]s called [Am]me H2[G]1
In the [Am]circuses and palaces,
a [F]hundred names I've borne
From the [C]Belle of the Epoque,
[G]to eye of the storm
[Am]But if anybody asks,
I [D]named my[G]self after the [C]sun
I was a [F]teach[Am]er wh[G]en I was

[Verse 2]
[C]young
But I [G]ran away from [C]home
To the [F]East [C]In [Dm]dies [C]and [G]warm,
warm [F]sun
To wed a man I [G]did not [C]know
He called [F]me [Am]Lady[G][C]
[G]McCleod
But the times did not al[C]low
My com[F]plaint[C]s as drinking
[G]dragged [Em]him [F]down
So in dancing [G]peace I [C]found
They called [Am]me a t[C]ourist when

[Verse 3]
I [Am]began to [C]dance
[Am]An amateur and [C]courtesan
when I came to [G]France
On the [Am]stages, in the salons,
[F]I held my tongue
[C]I was never owned by any man
[G]nor known by anyone
And [Am]if anybody asks,
I named my[G]self after [C]the sun
I [Am]never

[Verse 4]
cared much [G]for their [C]war
[G]I had seen men fight be[C]fore
Seen the [F]sick[C]ness [G]in their esprit [Em]de c[F]orps
I would dance for [G]them no [C]more
They came [F]to [C]take [G]me [C]away
[G]From the Hotel [Am]Champs [G]Ely[C]sée
Told the [F]sol[Am]diers [G]I'd [C]noth
[G]ing [Em]to s[F]ay
They wouldn't have listened
[D]any[F#dim]way
[D]Too many men[E] had died,
and [Am]somebody [F]had to pay
They set a date for my
[G]dy ing [C]day
[Am]But as I stood in that killing field, [D]refusing

[Verse 5]
[C]
a blindfold
[Am]Staring down the soldiers [D]and the hatred
of the world
I felt the warmth [Am]of the Malay sun
and I smiled for them all
They all thought they
had the best of me
But not [D]one of them could say
what I [G]was called
Just before [E]the

[Verse 6]
[D]darkness [C]came
[G]I whi[C]spered my [D]rea[G]l nam[E]e[C]
[G]I am Mata Har[E]i, [D]eye [G]of the [F]day
In the cells my body [G]lay [C]unclaimed

[Interlude 1]
[Am]
[C][Am][C][G][Am]
[F][C][G]
If anybody [Am]asks, I named [G]my self after the

[Verse 7]
[F]
sun
[Am]If anybody asks,
I named my[G]self after the [C]sun