Chris de Burgh – The Girl With April In Her Eyes (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em A C D Em A C D Em [Verse 1]
      Em                   G
There once was a king who called for the spring

        Am               D             Em
For his world was still covered with snow

          Em                            G
But the spring had not been for he was wicked and mean

         Am           D              B7
In his winter fields nothing would grow

             C                        G         
And when a traveller called, seeking help at the door

       C         G         B7   
Only food and a bed for a night

   Em                    Am     
He ordered his slave to turn her away

      G       D            Em  A  C D Em    A  C D Em   
The girl with April in her eyes
[Chorus]
Em  Bm  C              Em
Oh, oh, on and on she goes,

             G                   D                  C    D
Through the winter's night, the wild wind and the snow

Em  Bm  C              Em                       
Hi, hi, on and on she rides,

         G                  D            C    Em  A  C D Em
Someone help the girl with April in her eyes
[Verse 2]
    Em                              G
She rode through the night till she came to the light

     Am           D           Em
Of a humble man's home in the wood

   Em                         G
He brought her inside, by the firelight she died

       Am         D           B7
And he buried her gently and good

        C                           G
Oh, the morning was bright, all the world snow white

            C           G               B7
But when he came to the place where she lay

    Em                    Am
His field was ablaze with flowers on the grave

       G         D            Em A C D Em   A C D Em
Of the girl with April in her eyes
[Chorus]
Em  Bm  C              Em
Oh, oh, on and on she goes,

             G                   D                  C    D
Through the winter's night, the wild wind and the snow

Em  Bm  C               Em
Hi, hi, on and on she flies,

       G                    D            C    Em  A  C D Em
She is gone, the girl with April in her eyes...