Emmylou Harris - The pearl

^AO the dragons are gonna ^Efly to^Anight ^AThey're circling low and ins^Eide ton^Aight ^F#mIt's another ^Dround in the l^Aosing fight ^C#mOut a^Elong the great divide t^Aonight ^AWe are aging soldiers in an ^Eancient ^Awar Seeking out some half ^Eremembered ^Ashore ^F#mWe drink our ^Dfill and still we t^Ahirst for more ^C#mAsking if there's no h^Eeaven what is this ^Ahunger for ^DOur path is worn our feet are ^Apoorly shod ^DWe lift up our prayer ^Aagainst the odds ^EAnd fear the silence is the ^Dvoice of ^AGod of ^EGod of ^AGod And we cry ^DAllelu^Ajah ^DAllelu^Ajah We cry ^F#mAlle^Dlu^Aja^Eh ^{A A}Sorrow is constant and the ^Ejoys are^A brief ^AThe seasons come and bring no ^Esweet r^Aelief ^F#mTime is a ^Dbrutal but a ^Acareless theif ^C#mWho takes our ^Elot but leaves b^Aehind the grief ^DIt is the heart that kills us ^Ain the end ^DJust one more old broken ^Abone that cannot mend ^EAs it was now and ever ^Dshall be ^Aamen ^Eamen ^Aamen And we cry ^DAllelu^Ajah ^DAllelu^Ajah We cry ^F#mAlle^Dlu^Aja^Eh ^{A A}So there'll be no guiding light for ^Eyou and ^Ame ^AWe are not sailors lost out ^Eon the ^Asea ^F#mWe were always ^Dheaded toward ^Aeternity ^C#mHoping f^Eor a glimpse of G^Aaililee ^DLike falling stars from the unive^Arse we are hurled ^DDown through the long loneli^Aness of the world ^EUntil we behold the pain ^Dbecome the ^Apearl the ^Epearl the ^Apearl And we cry ^DAllelu^Ajah ^DAllelu^Ajah We cry ^F#mAlle^Dlu^Aja^Eh ^A