The Seventh Seal(Chords)

	        Intro: Gm Cm D7 Gm 
         
         
        Gm             Gm7 
        Anybody seen a Knight pass this way? 
         
        Gm                                 F 
        I saw him playing chess with Death yesterday 
         
        Gm                           Eb              F 
        His crusade was a search for God and they say 
         
             Eb          F              Cm 
        It's been a long way to carry on 
         
         
         
        Gm              Gm7 
        Anybody hear of plague in this town? 
         
        Gm                            F 
        The town I've left behind was burnt to the ground 
         
        Gm                           Eb             F 
        A young girl on a stake, her face framed in flames 
         
               Eb        F                        Eb 
        Cried 'I'm not a witch, God knows my name' 
         
         
         
        Gm                              Gm7 
        The Knight he watched with fear, he needed to know 
         
        Gm                               F 
        He ran where he might feel God's breath 
         
        Gm                         Eb       F 
        And in the misty church he knelt to confess 
         
        Eb                  F         Cm          C#m 
        The face within the booth was Mister Death 
         
         
         
        G#m                      G#m7 
        'My life's a vain pursuit of meaningless miles' 
         
        G#m                          F# 
        'Why can't God touch me with a sign?' 
         
        G#m                            E            F# 
        'Perhaps there's no-one there' answered the booth 
         
        E                 F#               C#m 
        And Death hid within his cloak and smiled 
         
         
         
        G#m                               G#m7 
        'This morning I played chess with Death' said the Knight 
         
        G#m                               F# 
        'We played that he might grant me time' 
         
        G#m                        E                F# 
        'My Bishops and my Knights will shatter his flanks' 
         
        E                  F#               C#m 
        'And still I might feel God's heart in mine' 
         
         
         
        G#m                             G#m7 
        And through confession's grille Death's laughter was heard 
         
        G#m                                   F# 
        The Knight cried 'No - you've cheated me!' 
         
        G#m                                E          F# 
        'But still I'll find a way.  We'll meet once again' 
         
        E               F#          C#m   Dm 
        'And once again continue to play' 
         
         
         
        Am                         Am7 
        They met within the woods, the Knight, his Squire and friends 
         
        Am                           G 
        And Death said 'Now the game shall end' 
         
        Am                           F               G 
        The final move was made, the Knight hung his head 
         
        F                     G                    Dm 
        And said 'You've won. I've nothing left to play' 
         
         
         
        Am                                 Am7 
        The minstrel, filled with visions, sang to his love 
         
        Am                         G 
        To look against the stormy sky 
         
        Am                                  F                   G 
        The Knight, his Squire and friends, their hands held as one 
         
        F        G                  Dm 
        Solemnly danced towards the dawn 
         
         
         
        Am                         G 
        His hourglass in his hand, his scythe by his side 
         
        Am                              G 
        The master Death, he leads them on 
         
        Am                          F                G 
        The rain will wash away the tears from their faces 
         
        F                  G                  Am 
        And as the thunder cracked, they were gone. 
         
         
        G Am G Am 


	        

Written by Scott Walker