Key: C
Introduction:
Am C G Am
Fairy lady, who stands on the walls
C G Am
Life is short and wait is long
D Am G F D
The stars, away, dim with the dawn...
Am F G Am
Fairy lady, who stands on the walls
Am C G Am
Your tale has only begun
C G Am
It comes from far, the Nowhereland
D Am G F D
The wind is blowing a sound so well known...
Am F G Am
Fairy lady, your love is long gone
Am G Em Am G Em
Oh darling, hear my soul and heed my cry
Am G Em F D
Cause all my crying may flood a river in my heart
C G Bb F
Oh, life is good
C G Bb F
Oh, life is good
C G Bb F
Oh, life is good...
Ab Bb
As good as you wish!"
Am C G Am
Pretty lady, the horses are back
C G Am
Bringing joy and happiness
D Am G F D
But all of a sudden the horses are gone
F G Am
It was only the sound of your heartbeat alone!
Am G Em Am G Em
Oh darling, hear my soul and heed my cry
Am G Em F D
Cause all my crying may flood a river in my heart
C G Bb F
Oh, life is good
C G Bb F
Oh, life is good
C G Bb F
Oh, life is good...
Ab Bb
As good as a kiss!"
Ebm Db Bbm Ebm Db Bbm
Oh my darling, now I cannot halt my cries
Ebm Db Bbm
My tears have drowned me
B Bb
And I refuse to realise
Ebm Db Bbm Ebm Db Bbm
What's left around me, it's all so strange, it's all so dark
Ebm Db Bbm
I'm all alone here
B C#
To mend the pieces of my heart
(piano)
Am C G Am
Little lady, your tale has an end
C G Am
For your love to the skies was sent
D Am G F D
He's turned into sparks that shine with the stars...
F G F
...And by night he will always be there
G F
For his lady to stare
G Am.
And thus he's never died.