Joan Baez – A Song For David (Guitar)

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Chords

As recorded by Joan Baez (From the 1970 Album ONE DAY AT A TIME) Em G Em A D [Verse 1]
      G            F
In my heart I will wait

       C
By the stony gate

        G
And the little one

      F         C
In my arms will sleep.
[Verse 2]
      G             F
Every rising of the moon

          C
Makes the years grow late

        G           F           C
And the love in our hearts will keep.
[Bridge]
          Am             C
There are friends I will make

    Am           C
And bonds I will break

       Am           C
As the seasons roll by

       Am            D
And we build our own sky.
[Verse 3]
   G               F
In my heart I will wait

       C
By the stony gate

        G
And the little one

      F         C
In my arms will sleep.
[Interlude] Em G Em A D [Verse 4]
G         F
Stars in your sky

        C
Are the stars in mine

         G
And both prisoners

        F        C
Of this life are we.
[Verse 5]
            G             F
Through the same troubled waters

   C
We carry our time,

G           F            C
You and the convicts and me.
[Bridge]
          Am            C
There's a good thing to know

       Am         C
On the outside or in,

   Am         C
To answer not where

    Am         D
But just who I am.
[Verse 6]
          G         F
Cause the stars in your sky

        C
Are the stars in mine

         G
And both prisoners

        F     C
Of this life are we.
[Interlude] Em G Em A D [Verse 7]
    G          F
The hills that you know

       C
Will remain for you

        G             F
And the little willow green

     C
Will stand firm.
[Verse 8]
    G               F
The flowers that we planted

            C
Through the seasons past

         G
Will all bloom

       F       C
On the day you return.
[Bridge]
     Am      C
To a baby at play

      Am         C
All a mother can say,

      Am            C
He'll return on the wind

       Am               D
To our hearts, and till then
[Verse 9]
       G            F
I will sit and I'll wait

       C
By the stony gate

        G
And the little one

           F          Am A  Am
'neath the trees will dance.