The Song Of The Camels Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[B]Not[Am] born to [Em]the forest are we[Am]
Not born to the [B]plain
[Dm]To the grass[Am] and the shadowed [Em]tree[Am]
And the splashing of [Bm]rain.[B]
[F]Only the [Dm]sand we know
And the cloudless sky,
[Fdim]The mira[F]ge and[Dm]
the deep- sunk well
And [Bdim]stars on high
[Fdim]To the

[Verse 2]
[Dm][F][E][Fdim]
[Am]sound of our bells we came
With huge soft [B]stride
[C#]King[Am]s riding upon our [Em]backs[Am]
And the slave's at our [Bm]side[B]
[Dm]Out [F]of the east [Dm]brought on by [Em]a dream
of a [Dm]star[Bdim][Fdim]
[Dm]Seeking the hills and [Bdim]the
groves
[Fdim]Where the fixed towns [Dm]are.

[Verse 3]
Our [Em]goal was [E]no [Esus4]palace ga[E]te
[Dm]No templ[D]e of o[Em]ld[C][Em]
But [Eb]a child [Ebsus4]in his mot[Eb]her 's la[F]p[Eb][Ab]
In the [Db]cloudy [D]cold[E][A]
[Esus4]The olives we[E]re wind[Dm]y[E]
[Dm]and [E]white[Fdim][E]
Dust [Am]swirled through the town
As [Dm]all i[Dsus4]n their [Dm]royal robes[E]
Our [Asus4]mas ters [A]knelt[E] down[D]
[Am]Then back to the

[Verse 4]
dessert we
[D]paced [Am]in our phantom s[B]tate
And [Am]faded again int he sands
That are secret [C]as [Bm]fate-[B][Em]
[C]Portents of [F]glory [Dm]and danger
our [Em]dark shadows [F]lay
[Dm]At the feet of the [F]babe in the [Dm]manger[F]
[Dm]And [Am]then drifted
away...
[Dm][Dm][Am][Dm]