Chords
Lancelot

Key: G

Introduction: G    

                        C                      D                    G  
Lancelot rode on a swayback mare
        Em                 C                              G                      D  
He won in a card game up north somewhere
                  Em                      Bm                                      C                              Em  
He was bottom-out lonesome, he was too tired to care
                     C                                                      D  
Keeping one step ahead of the rain
                        G                      C                         D                      G  
Well, he blew into Broken Bow late last year
Em                                 C                                 G                      D  
Talking up the vision of his lost Guinevere
                  Em                                    Bm                            C                    Am7  
But he couldn't tell a grail from a glass of beer
                C                            D            G  
So he settled for Lady Elaine
                          D                                 C                                                         G  
He sang, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C                      C/B                              D                                 G  
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
          D                              C                                                              G  
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
          C                                 C/B                                 Am7    D  
And I'll wash the years from your bed
             C                                                                 D                                      G         C    D      G    C    D  
With all the salt tears I have shed", Lancelot said
                G                              C                         D                              G  
Well, morning came sleepy and morning came slow
                     Em                 C                                 G                         D  
And the mirror revealed a face she didn't know
                     Em                         Bm                    C                         Em  
And the last autumn robin was packing to go
          C                                                                    D  
As another year slipped by the way
                  G                              C                                      D                                      G  
So she rose and she dressed and she pushed back the night
          Em                      C                            G                              D  
She put up her hair by the dawn's early light
                     Em                      Bm                      C                    Am7  
And the man in her bed was an eagle in flight
                C                            D                            G  
And a crooked old crow in the hay
                          D                                 C                                                         G  
He sang, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C                      C/B                              D                                 G  
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
          D                              C                                                              G  
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
          C                                    C/B                 Am7    D  
And I'll stain the lavenders red
             C                                                              D                                      G         C    D  
With all of this good blood I shed", Lancelot said
                 G    C    D  
          G                            C                         D                            G  
So, bugles blow golden and banners fly blue
          Em                                 C                                 G                            D  
But these days the castle's just drywall and glue
          Em                      Bm                                      C                              Em  
And tilting at windmills is the best you can do
                        C                                                                         D  
With the black knight of time on your lawn
        G                         C                         D                         G  
So I wouldn't know if he left or he stayed
Em                            C                                    G                         D  
Prospered or starved by the promise he made
        Em                 Bm                              C                    Am7  
Or maybe he straggled and maybe he strayed
                          C                                            D                         G  
While the bright world went barrelling on
                          D                                 C                                                         G  
Singing, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
C                      C/B                              D                                 G  
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
          D                              C                                                              G  
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
          C                                    C/B                 Am7         D  
And I'll bring you roses and bread
          C                                                                 D  
And we'll fashion gold out of lead
             C                                                    D  
With all the illusions we shed", Lancelot said
        G    C    D         G    C    D