Lancelot(Chords)

	        CAPO: 3 


Intro: G 

         C         D        G 
Lancelot rode on a swayback mare  
   Em       C            G         D 
He won in a card game up north somewhere 
       Em         Bm               C            Em        
He was bottom-out lonesome, he was too tired to care  
        C                     D  
Keeping one step ahead of the rain 


         G         C          D         G 
Well, he blew into Broken Bow late last year  
Em             C             G         D 
Talking up the vision of his lost Guinevere 
       Em              Bm           C        Am7       
But he couldn't tell a grail from a glass of beer  
      C           D     G 
So he settled for Lady Elaine 


 
          D             C                      G 
He sang, 'Yodelayhee', 'I ain't no untarnished Galahad  
C         C/B            D             G 
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head 
    D            C                        G 
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had 
    C             C/B             Am7  D              
And I'll wash the years from your bed  
     C                         D               G    C  D   G  C  D 
With all the salt tears I have shed', Lancelot said 
 


      G            C          D            G 
Well, morning came sleepy and morning came slow  
        Em       C             G          D 
And the mirror revealed a face she didn't know 
        Em          Bm        C          Em        
And the last autumn robin was packing to go  
    C                          D      
As another year slipped by the way 


       G            C               D               G 
So she rose and she dressed and she pushed back the night  
    Em         C           G            D 
She put up her hair by the dawn's early light 
        Em         Bm         C        Am7       
And the man in her bed was an eagle in flight  
      C           D           G 
And a crooked old crow in the hay 



          D             C                      G 
He sang, 'Yodelayhee', 'I ain't no untarnished Galahad  
C         C/B            D             G 
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head 
    D            C                        G 
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had 
    C              C/B       Am7  D              
And I'll stain the lavenders red  
     C                        D               G    C  D 
With all of this good blood I shed', Lancelot said
 


Instrumental: G  C  D  (3x) 


    G           C          D           G 
So, bugles blow golden and banners fly blue  
    Em             C             G           D 
But these days the castle's just drywall and glue 
    Em         Bm               C            Em        
And tilting at windmills is the best you can do  
         C                            D      
With the black knight of time on your lawn 


   G          C          D          G 
So I wouldn't know if he left or he stayed  
Em           C              G          D 
Prospered or starved by the promise he made 
   Em       Bm            C        Am7       
Or maybe he straggled and maybe he strayed  
          C                 D          G 
While the bright world went barrelling on 



          D             C                      G 
Singing, 'Yodelayhee', 'I ain't no untarnished Galahad  
C         C/B            D             G 
Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head 
    D            C                        G 
But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had 
    C              C/B       Am7    D              
And I'll bring you roses and bread  
    C                         D              
And we'll fashion gold out of lead  
     C                    D            
With all the illusions we shed', Lancelot said 



OUTRO: G  C  D    G  C  D