The Captain's Road

Often played with capo at 2 - Bminor

Am F
Beyond the walls and in the garden where the children cry
G Am
There were sixteen dreams of avarice and a heavan built of lies
Am F
Yet the watcher stood behind the dreams and saw the golden prize
G Am
For there is no higher hope than the promise born in another's eyes

The long night came and the captain fell never to rise again
So the drummers stumbled from the beat to weep as common men
While by the fire the teller reached for the words that wouldn't come
Of a tale of hope that had no end, of a dream that fled from some

Am F G Am
Say it's just a cruel joke, you can't be gone
Am F G Am
Lie to me, hide from me. Tell me I'm wrong

C Em Am F
Well it's not fair, things weren't meant to be so cold

C G F Am
When I have dreamed what I've never seen and have never been shown
C G F Am
When the long night ends, where the long road goes, there's a place we call home

There's a hand that's resting on the loom that moves not a single thread
And a silent mouth that chokes upon the words it left unsaid
In the garden by the fountain a cup is cast aside
For there is no savour left to the wine e'er since the captain died.

These days are colder now, these nights are long
Why should I keep going? Why should I be strong?

Perhaps someday, wiser men than I will know

But I have dreamed what I've never seen and have never been shown
When the long night ends, where the long road goes, there's a place we call home

(Am C G F)

C Em Am F
Well I could stop, I could just weep for what is gone
C Em Am F
If life were fair, no-one could ask me to be strong
C Em Am F
But what worth love if I'm afraid to carry on?

When I have dreamed what I've never seen and have never been shown
When the long night ends, where the long road goes, there's a place we call home

There's a silver pool left in the moon-light where the tears were spent
And a single candle burns as we wait to start over again
And if five will work where four have fallen, so maybe we'll try
There's a teardrop laughing somewhere now as he falls from a cripple's eye.

Those who we carry with us never are gone
After the last tear falls, I'll carry on

Well I can't say, just where the road from here will go

But I have dreamed what I've never seen and have never been shown
When the long night ends, where the long road goes, there's a place we call home

 

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