Looking Glass Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]In the cattails a maid[G] did dwell
She sang sweet songs but
she loved as [Am]well
She was a bit over [G]five feet tall,
and she [Em]loved no man,
for she loved them [Am]all.
In her bed [G]many hours we lay
While the north winds blow
and the sparrows [Am]play
And in my hand she [G]placed a key
Saying, [Em]keep this, my love, follow [Am]me
So I swore, for she [G]knew me well
I swore this love I'd never [Am]tell
She said, me, her [G]soul she'd sell
Even [Em]if she must walk the fires of [Am]hell
Her hair, it rushed and [G]flowed so long
On a silken pillow, it did be[Am]long
Her eyes were yellow like the [G]morning sun
And [Am]they were singing [G]each one a song
And her [Em]skin was dark like a rusted [Am]dawn
Well, in her hair would [G]flow my tears
Of my lonely days and my [Am]bitter years
And on her breast, [G]my soul would sail
And her [Em]mouth was as sweet,
sweet as [Am]hail
She was to me a [G]golden cup
That poured me life for me to [Am]sup
And in her heart [G]was a looking glass
And a [Em]sturdy ship with a highest [Am]mas t
For many days I [G]did remain,
until one day
I forgot her [Am]name,
then I knew I'd [G]have to go
from [Em]where the sparrows played
and the north winds [Am]blew
but then one day by the [G]cattail pond
my love was dying
and then she was [Am]gone
I buried [E]her [Am]where the [G]green grass grows
And [Em]there she slept till [Am]the winter snow
So I sent my sorrow to [G]the trees
They said go send to the [Am]breeze
But they knew this love
no [G]man could believe
So I [Em]bur ied my sorrow,
my heart and my [Am]key.
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