Emmylou Harris – The Pearl (Guitar)

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The song was originally recorded on the album ‘Red Dirt Girl’. This version is from a live performance given by Emmylou Harris in North Charleston, January 2014. Open A tuning: EAC#EAE Chords used: A - X00000 E - X77777 F#m - XX5545 D - XX5555 C#m - X43440
A                         E     A
Oh, the dragons are gonna fly tonight

A                        E      A
They’re circling low and inside tonight

F#m          D            A
It’s another round in the losing fight

C#m E                      A
Out along the great divide tonight

A                     E       A
We are soldiers in an ancient war

                      E          A
Seeking out some half remembered shore

F#m          D                 A
We drink our fill and still we thirst for more

C#m                  E                   A
Asking if there’s no heaven what is this hunger for

D                         A
Our path is worn our feet poorly shod

D                  A
We lift our prayer against the odds

E                           D             E       A
And fear the silence is the voice of God, of God, of God

           D      A    D      A
And we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah

      F#m D A E A
We cry Hallelujah

A                          E        A
Sorrow is constant and the joys are brief

A                             E     A
The seasons come and bring no sweet relief

F#m     D            A
Time is brutal but a careless thief

C#m           E              A
Who takes our lot but leaves behind the grief

D                             A
It is the heart that kills us in the end

D                        A
Just one more old broken bone that cannot mend

E                      D         A     E      A
As it was now and ever shall be, Amen, Amen, Amen

           D      A    D      A
And we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah

      F#m D A E A
We cry Hallelujah

A                                     E       A
So there will be no guiding light for you and me

A                           E      A
We are not sailors lost out on the sea

F#m            D             A
We were always headed toward eternity

C#m    E                A
Hoping for a glimpse of Galilee

D                           A
Like falling stars from the Universe we are hurled

D                     A
Down through the long loneliness of the world

E                        D       A         E          A
Until we behold the pain become The Pearl, The Pearl, The Pearl

           D      A    D      A
And we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah

      F#m D A E A
We cry Hallelujah.