Nathan Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][E][Am][F]
[Dm][E]

[Verse 1]
[Am]The great grandfather,
with his [F]pious beard
[Dm]Bathed in the river, [E]all his years
[Am]Many books, [F]that lined his walls
[Dm]Jew s and gentiles, [E]held him in awe

[Verse 2]
[F]Nathan stepped through
the broken [Am]win dow
[F]And looked to the [E]river where his
[Am]mother once [E]floated
[F]Nathan stepped through
the broken [Am]win dow
[F]And looked to the [E]river where his [Am]mother once
[E]floated

[Interlude 1]
[E][Am][F][Dm]
[E][Am][F][Dm]
[E]

[Verse 3]
He [Am]had four sons, all [F]healthy and proper
[Dm]One was converted,
became a chris[E]tian doctor
His [Am]daughter filled with typhus
[F]and succumbed
[Dm]He grew quiet hi[E]s wife fell dumb

[Verse 4]
[F]Nathan stepped through
the broken [Am]win dow
[F]And looked to the [E]river where his
[Am]mother once [E]floated
[F]Nathan stepped through
the broken [Am]window
And [F]looked to the [E]river where [Am]his mother once
[E]floated

[Interlude 2]
[E][Am][F][Dm]
[E][Am][F][Dm]
[E]

[Verse 5]
His grand[Am]daughter recalled,
the [F]day he died
She was [Dm]six years old, f[E]rosted with fright
She [Am]clutched the toe, [F]the stiff cold toe
And re[Dm]nounced the wrongs only she
[E]could know
[F][Am][F][E]

[Verse 6]
[Am][E]
[F]Nathan stepped through [Am]the
[F]broken [E]win[Am]dow[E][F]
[Am]
And [F]looked to the [E]river where his
[Am]mother once [E]floated[F]
Nathan stepped through
the broken [Am]window
And [F]looked to the [E]river
where [Am]his mother once [E]floated