The Pogues – Lorelei (Guitar)

    E
You told me tales of love and glory

A
Same old sad song, same old story

E             C#m
Sirens sing a lullaby

    G#m              B
And no one knows but Lorelei

E
Castles out of fairy tales

A
Timbers shiver where once there sailed

  E                C#m
A lovesick man who caught her eye

    G#m             B
And no one knew but Lorelei

F#m
River, river have mercy

         B
Take me down to the sea

    F#m
For if I perish on these rocks

   B
My love no more I'll see

     E
I've thought of you in far-off places

A
Puzzled over lipstick traces

   E              C#m
So help me God, I will not try

    G#m             B
And then I think of Lorelei

     E
I've traveled far and wandered wide

   A
An old photograph of you beside me

E             C#m
Old Man River seems so shy

    G#m          B
And he remembers Lorelei

F#m
River, river have mercy

         B
Take me down to the sea

    F#m
For if I perish on these rocks

   B
My love no more I'll see

   E
If I should float upon this stream

    A
And see you in my madman's dream

    E              C#m
I'd sink into your troubled eyes

    G#m                  B
And none would know save Lorelei

F#m
River, river, river have mercy

        B
Take me down to the sea

    F#m
For if I perish on these rocks

   B
My love no more I'll see

    E
But if my ship which sails tomorrow

       A
Should crash against these rocks, my sorrows

E               C#m
I will drown, before I die

     G#m               B           E
It's you I'll see, not Lorelei-i-i-i