Big Country - The seer

^GLong ago I h^Feard a tale I n^Amever will fo^Grget T^Ghe time was in the te^Flling on the b^Cank the scene was s^Get Th^Ge sky was rolling bl^Findly on, the da^Amylight had not go^Gne S^Ghe washed her hair am^Fong the stones and s^Caw what was to co^Gme ^{G F G G} All this will pass ^{G F G G}

^GThere will be blood a^Fmong the corn and h^Ameroes in the hi^Glls ^GBut there is more to ^Fcome my boy be^Cfore you've had your f^Gill ^GMen will come and r^Fape the soil as t^Amhough it were their o^Gwn ^GAnd they will bathe their fe^Fet in oil as ^CI have bathed my ^Gown ^{G F G} All this will pa^Gss ^{F G} All things must co^Dmme ^{Am C} Just as I t^Bbell y^Cou h^Eere

^GStones will stand tog^Fether as if se^Amarching for the st^Gars ^GAnd all come crashing d^Fown again b^Cefore they reach too f^Gar ^GShe turned to face the se^Ftting sun, I t^Amurned to walk a^Gway ^GBut then she called my n^Fame again and ^Cbeckoned me to st^Gay ^{G F G} All this will pa^Gss ^{F G} All things must co^Dmme ^{Am C} Just as I t^Bbell y^Cou h^Eere

^GShe told me of the f^Famous sons who w^Amrite their names in p^Geace ^GYet be cut down bef^Fore the time has c^Come for our relea^Gse ^{Dm Am C} Just as I t^Bbell y^Cou h^Eere

^CEven now I wait for the c^Emoming day ^CEven now she waits in the d^Emawn For the t^Gales she t^Emells, for the g^Difts that she will s^Emell For the s^Gight she k^Emnows, for a vis^Dion that still gr^Emows With the d^Emream in her e^Cyes no one's s^Bmeen

^GI listened for so lo^Fng that day that ^AmI can hardly t^Gell ^GIf what she said was he^Faven sent or br^Cought to bear in h^Gell ^GThat men of hope would st^Fand alone and s^Amtill be cast a l^Gie ^GJust as Romans c^Fast them on the d^Cay they were to d^Gie ^{Dm Am C} All this will pass^{G F G} All things must co^Dmme ^{Am C} Just as I t^Bbell y^Cou h^Eere

^CEven now I wait for the c^Emoming day ^CEven now she waits in the d^Emawn For the t^Gales she t^Emells, for the g^Difts that she will s^Emell For the s^Gight she k^Emnows, for a vis^Dion that still gr^Emows With the d^Emream in her e^Cyes no one's s^Bmeen