The Mercy Of The Fallen(Chords)

	        Dar Williams - The Mercy Of The Fallen 


nd Fret 


Intro: G 

                  D 
Oh, my fair North Star 
       Em          C 
I have held to you dearly 
      G            C 
I had asked you to steer me 
         G               D 
'Til one cloud-scattered night 
      G          D 
I got lost in my travels 
      Em      C 
I met Leo the Lion 
      G              C 
Met a king and met a giant 
           G      D 
With their errant knight 



            Em           Bm 
There's the wind and the rain 
        C 
And the mercy of the fallen 
        G            D                    Em      C 
Who say they have no claim to know what's right 
            G            D 
There's the weak and the strong 
        Em                C 
And the beds that have no answer 
           G           D              Em      C 
And that's where I may rest my head tonight 



N.C.  G              D 
I saw all the bright people 
   Em                   C 
In imposing flocks they landed 
         G               C 
And they got what they demanded 
         G                D 
And they scratched at the ground 
          G             D 
Then they flew, and the field 
        Em              C 
Grew as sweetly for the flightless 
        G              C 
Who had longing yet despite this 
           G          D 
They could hear every sound 



            Em           Bm 
There's the wind and the rain 
        C 
And the mercy of the fallen 
        G            D                    Em      C 
Who say they have no claim to know what's right 



Instrumental: G  D  Em  C  (2x) 


            G              D 
And if your sister or your brother 
     Em                 C 
Were stumbling on their last mile 
     G              C 
In a self-inflicted exile 
               G             D 
You'd wish for them a humble friend 
      G        D 
And I hope someday 
         Em                 C 
That the best of Falstaff's planners 
        G                C 
Give me seven half-built manors 
          G               D             Em    D 
Where her half-dreams may dream without end 


            Em           Bm 
There's the wind and the rain 
        C 
And the mercy of the fallen 
          G                D                    Em       C 
Who say, 'Hey, it's not my place to know what's right' 
            G            D 
There's the weak and the strong 
        Em              C 
And the many stars that guide us 
        G       D      C         G  D  G 
We have some of them inside us

	        

Written by Dar Williams