Harris Emmylou - The Pearl guitar tab

Emmylou Harris The Pearl written by Emmylou Harris

A E A

O the dragons are gonna fly tonight

A E A

They're circling low and inside tonight

F#m D A

It's another round in the losing fight

C#m E A

Out along the great divide tonight

A E A

We are aging soldiers in an ancient war

E A

Seeking out some half remembered shore

F#m D A

We drink our fill and still we thirst for more

C#m E A

Asking if there's no heaven what is this hunger for

D A

Our path is worn our feet are poorly shod

D A

We lift up our prayer against the odds

E D A E A

And fear the silence is the voice of God of God of God

D A D A

And we cry Allelujah Allelujah

F#m D A E A

We cry Allelujah

A E A

Sorrow is constant and the joys are brief

A E A

The seasons come and bring no sweet relief

F#m D A

Time is a brutal but a careless theif

C#m E A

Who takes our lot but leaves behind the grief

D A

It is the heart that kills us in the end

D A

Just one more old broken bone that cannot mend

E D A E A

As it was now and ever shall be amen amen amen

D A D A

And we cry Allelujah Allelujah

F#m D A E A

We cry Allelujah

A E A

So there'll be no guiding light for you and me

A E A

We are not sailors lost out on the sea

F#m D A

We were always headed toward eternity

C#m E A

Hoping for a glimpse of Gaililee

D A

Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled

D A

Down through the long loneliness of the world

E D A E A

Until we behold the pain become the pearl the pearl the pearl

D A D A

And we cry Allelujah Allelujah

F#m D A E A

We cry Allelujah

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