Robert Earl Keen – Christabel (Guitar)
Capo 5
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Chords
[Verse 1]
Asus4 - Am G It's been seven long days and seven hard nights Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 In a '62 Chevy with broke taillights Asus4 - Am G An east - bound man in a west - bound lane Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 A dishwater blonde about sixteen Asus4 - Am G Was standing on the shoulder with a ribbon in her hair Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 Her hand on her hip and her thumb in the air Asus4 - Am G And I pulled off the road and as she grabbed for the door Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 I knew the wind was cold 'cause I'd seen it all before Asus4 - Am E7 And I was scared
[Refrain]
Am G Am6/F# Things ain't never what they seem Am F E7 Am - E7 - Am When you find you livin' in your own dream
[Verse 2]
Asus4 - Am G Now the moonlight peeked in and out behind the clouds Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 Now and again on this godless child Asus4 - Am G And the radio was scrambed, cracklin' in the air Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 The ribbon she wore looked old in her hair Asus4 - Am G And I saw the moonlight sliver dead down on her face Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 I knew it was true, she was in the wrong place Asus4 - Am G In the wrong time, in the wrong tale Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 I knew when I'd asked her she'd hiss, "Christabel"
[Refrain]
Am G Am6/F# Things ain't never what they seem Am F E7 Am - E7 - Am When you find you livin' in your own dream
[Verse 3]
Asus4 - Am G She was after the man who had left her alone Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 With no father beside her and love longtime gone Asus4 - Am G And the snake deep inside her, a hiss in her head Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 The rest that had been her was dying or dead Asus4 - Am G And she'd a taste for young women with pearly white skin Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 She spat on the floor when she spoke of the man Asus4 - Am G Who made her like this, who had written her tale Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 This medieval maid they called "Christabel"
[Refrain]
Am G Am6/F# Things ain't never what they seem Am F E7 Am - E7 - Am When you find you livin' in your own dream
[Verse 4]
Asus4 - Am G Then she breathed out the story of her lover - to - be Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 A knight shining armor on a silvery steed Asus4 - Am G Who longed to be worthy so he sought the crusade Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 While she waited, breath bated, in linen brocade Asus4 - Am G But a pair of black eyes wove 'round her a spell Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 The snake they call Lydia seduced Christabel Asus4 - Am G And she cuddled her tender, she poisoned her soul Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 She stole her young body and made it her own
[Chorus]
Am G Am6/F# Things ain't never what they seem Am F E7 Am - E7 - Am When you find you livin' in your own dream
[Verse 5]
Asus4 - Am G Now the knight would love Lydia in Christabel's arms Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 And Lydia would have it should he ever return Asus4 - Am G But Lydia was left with the story undone Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 No silvery steed, no castle, no throne Asus4 - Am G Half - woman, half - serpent entwined in a spell Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 A barge black and fancy this medieval tale Asus4 - Am G And she faded at dawning, the bird and the beast Dsus2/F# - Am6/F# F E7 Deep in the dreams of those bound for the east Asus4 - Am G Like me
[Refrain]
Am G Am6/F# Things ain't never what they seem Am F E7 Am - E7 - Am When you find you livin' in your own dream Am G Am6/F# Things ain't never what they seem