Beautiful song from the Dark Was the Night album. Thanks to Scott for helping. Capo 1!! Chords: EBGDAE Dm -- 13200x E --- 001220 C --- 01023x Am -- 01220x F1 -- 012330 F2 -- 112331 G1 -- 300023 G2 -- 334553 D* -- 032002 G# -- 445664 Dm C F1 Dm As you lie before me now, like a shadow C Dm On a pea green sea F1 Dm Never thought that I could find you so hollow C Dm Laying into me F2 E But this cup of wine Am G1 All salt and brine makes me sleepy D* F2 A sorrow so E Am G1 A field of tears, that will never yield a single penny D* F2 But I don't know E Am I've got nothing to hold on to Dm C F1 Dm Wished for gold so I could buy you a palace C Dm By the riverside F1 Dm You'd come in and I would fill your diamond chalice C Dm You were still alive F2 E But this cup of wine Am G1 All salt and brine makes me sleepy D* F2 A sorrow so E Am G1 A field of tears, that will never yield a single penny D* F2 But I don't know E Am G1 D* F2 I've got nothing to hold on to E Am I've got nothing to hold on to Am | F2 | G1 | Am Am | F2 | G2 | Ab | Am F2 G1 Am Were you sleepless, tearing at the air? F2 G2 Ab Am Was the water everywhere? F2 G1 Am Were you fretful, to wade into the room? F2 G2 I'd been wanting to hear from you Ab Am Oh, no F2 | G2 | F2 | C (Same timing as G2 > Ab > Am) C Hand it over (hand it over) Am Hand it over (oh) F2 You're weary, lay him down G1 You did your time so thank you very much C Hand it over (hand it over) Am Hand it over (oh) F2 G2 So now your hopes are all laid Ab Am But you hand it all away Am | F2 | G1 | Am Am | F2 | G2 | Ab | Am Am F2 G1 Am Did his eyelids fix on empty chairs F2 G2 Ab Am You had traveled to lay beside? F2 G1 Am A gentle torture to watch it all recede F2 G2 Ab Am F2 And all the while your mother slept beside him G2 F2 C Oh, no C Hand it over (hand it over) Am Hand it over (oh) F2 You're weary, lay him down G1 You did your time so thank you very much C Hand it over (hand it over) Am Hand it over (oh) F2 G2 So now your hopes are all laid Ab Am But you hand it all away Am | F2 | G1 | Am Am | F2 | G2 | Ab | Am F2 G1 Am Were you sleepless, tearing at the air? F2 G2 Ab Am Was the water everywhere? F2 G1 Am Were you fearful, and long to run away F2 G2 From the cold clasp of Illinois? Ab Am Oh, no F2 G2 F2 Oh, No C Hand it over (hand it over) Am Hand it over (ooooooh) F2 You're weary, lay him down G1 You did your time so thank you very much C Hand it over (hand it over) Am Hand it over (oh) F2 G2 So now your hopes are all laid Ab Am F2 G2 But you hand it all away Ab Am But you hand it all away F2 G2 Ab C Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Am | F2 | G1 | C