Judy Collins – Gilded Rooms (Guitar)

   Em                     C
We sat in gilded rooms of fine old glass

    Em                                C
The light from candles dancing on the walls

    Em                                     C
She sang me the songs she'd written in her sorrow

    D                                Asus2
And told me she'd be dead and gone tomorrow

    Em                                   C
She learned to sing and paint in her own blood

      Em                                 C
As it dripped upon the strings of her guitar

    Em                                   C
She found a blade of steel in the silver flood

    D                                 A
And tore her friends and fingernails apart

    Em                                   C
She thought perhaps that she would marry soon

    Em                               C
The lover who would set her heart on fire

    Em                             C
The one she chose under the waning moon

    D                                      A
She ground them down as every flame burned higher

         G                       Cmaj7
And it's only time will tell and time alone

G                         Cmaj7
What is meant when all is set in stone

D                                    C
Who will ride one day on the shining horse

D                          A             A
Who will win and who will stay the course

   Em                       C
He was the wrangler of some famous men

   Em                     C
He was the star of every stage he crossed

   Em                                C
He was the mountain he would have to move

    D                            A
For he was never found and never lost

     Em                              C
They met when he was thirty years of age

  Em                         C
Already at his peak and at a loss

Em                               C
Joan of Arc had crossed his path so early

    D                               A
And he had borne the dagger and the cross

         G                       Cmaj7
And it's only time will tell and time alone

G                          Cmaj7
What is meant by all this skin and bone

D                                C
Who will ride off on the shining horse

D                          A             A
Who will win and who will stay the course

   Em                             C
He said, I'd really like to study love

Em                       C
Taking both her hands between his own

   Em                                C
He heard the singing of the mourning dove

    D                           A
And felt his soul was ready to atone

    Em                         C
The girl with hair of gold and heart of steel

   Em                               C
In time her past and future would begin

    Em                            C
She wept in caves and watched the turning wheel

    D                              A
And lost as often as she failed to win

         G                       Cmaj7
And it's only time will tell and time alone

G                          Cmaj7
What is meant by all this skin and bone

D                                C
Who will ride off on the shining horse

D                          A             A
Who will win and who will stay the course

    Em                         C
The man who wrote the poems of ash and blood

Em                                 C
All the saints were dancing to his rhymes

   Em                             C
He had the gift of purest, truest love

   D                               A      A
He had the cure for each and every crime

         G                       Cmaj7
And it's only time will tell and time alone

G                      Cmaj7
What is meant when all set in stone

D                                C
Who will ride off on the shining horse

D                          A             A
Who will win and who will stay the course