Ricky Nelson – Palace Guard (Guitar)

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by Rick Nelson [Intro] E B A E

      E                               B
With handmade silver sparkles, like a well dressed sequined whore,

      A                        B                E
Your lady-like deceptions keep reaching out for more.

         E                      B
And you ask me for nothing, and nothing’s not enough,

        A                                         B               E
And the fisherman he puts a claim on you but it’s nothing but a bluff.

         E                                 B
So with jealous hands tied round my back, I stumble cross the floor,

    A                            B                E
Not knowing how to speak, I keep reaching for the door.

  E                             B
I know you know me well I say, ‘cause I’m the Palace Guard,

  A                             B                   E
Remember me, we made love today at the King’s bazaar.

         B                              E
And you look at me with eyes that never see,

       B                                    E
I can feel something start to die inside of me.

      E                            B
So before you show me ev’ry thing, there’s something you must know,

     A                                             B                   E
I’ve worked with your friend John the Geek and his side walk trav’lin’ show.

  E                                   B
I know your childhood tailored dreams are ve-ry well disguised,

       A                                   B              E
So you don’t have to fake it anymore, it’s all been memorized.

       B                                 E
And you speak in wordless freedoms never seen,

       B                        E
Now I realize to you it’s all a dream.

Bridge: E B A B

        E                            B
And you speak to me with feelings as real as sealing wax,

       A                               B                 E
As the nearness dawns the moth is gone leaving trailless tracks.

[Bridge] E B A B

        E                                     B
All you village people sing your songs of the morning sunlit sky,

          A                                       B            E
Don’t you think it’s time we moved along said the raven to the fly.

E    B     A    B      E    B      A    B      E    B     A    B      E    B
Ahh--ah    Ahh--ah,    Ahh--ah     Ahh--ah,    Ahh--ah    Ahh--ah     Ahh--ah

OR....

E                                      B
Ahh                                    Ah

A                                      E
Ahh                                    Ah

E                                                       B
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s all right,

A                                 E
na na na, na, na na na, na na na, na na na,

E                                                 B
It’s alright, it’s all right, it’s all right, it’s alright, alright,

A                                 E
na na na, na, na na na, na na na, na na na,

E                                                               B
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, it’s all right, it’s all right,

A                                 E
na na na, na, na na na, na na na, na na na

A                               B
La-a-ah na, na, na na na, na na na-a-na

A                                       E
na na na, na, na na na, na na na, na na na,

NOTE: The song fadeout has "Ahh-ah" sung at the same time as “It’s all right”. The "Ahh-ah" is above, and here's the “It’s all right” with "na na na ..." as well. It sounds as if there are either 12 or 13 "na's" Like this:

            E                                                      B
Voices 1:   Ahh                                                   Ah

Voices 2: It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s all right, it’s alright, it’s all right,

A                                 E
Ahh                               Ah

na na na, na, na na na, na na na, na na na