Kris Kristofferson - Darbys castle

^CSee the ruin on the ^Amhill Where the ^Fsmoke is ^Amhangin' ^Dmstill

Like an ^G7echo of an age long ^Cforgotten

There's a story of a ^Amhome Crushed be^Fneath those ^Amblackened ^Dmstones

And the ^Groof that fell ^G7before the beams were ^Grotten

Cecil ^CDarby loved his ^Amwife And he ^Flabored ^Amall his ^Dmlife

To ^G7provide her with material ^Cpossessions

And he built for her a ^Amhome Of the ^Ffinest ^Amwood and ^Dmstone

And the ^Gbuilding soon ^G7became his sole ^Gobsession

Oh it ^Ftook 300 ^G7days For the ^Ctimbers to be ^Amraised

And the ^Fsilhouette was ^Cseen from miles ^G7around And the ^Cgables reached as ^Amhigh

As the ^Feagles ^Amin the ^Dmsky But it ^Gonly took one ^G7night to bring it ^Gdown

When Darby's castle ^G7tumbled to the ^Cground

Though they shared a common ^Ambed There was ^Fprecious ^Amlittle ^Dmsaid

In the ^G7moments that were set aside for ^Csleepin' For his busy dreams were ^Amfilled

With the ^Frooms he'd ^Amyet to ^Dmbuild

And he ^Gnever heard ^G7young Helen Darby ^Gweepin'

Then ^Cone night he heard a ^Amsound As he ^Flayed his ^Ampencil ^Dmdown

And he ^G7traced it to her door and turned the ^Chandle And the pale light of the ^Ammoon

Through the ^Fwindow ^Amof the ^Dmroom Split the ^Gshadows where ^G7two bodies lay en^Gtangled

Oh it ^Ftook 300 ^G7days For the ^Ctimbers to be ^Amraised

And the ^Fsilhouette was ^Cseen from miles ^G7around And the ^Cgables reached as ^Amhigh

As the ^Feagles ^Amin the ^Dmsky But it ^Gonly took one ^G7night to bring it ^Gdown

When Darby's castle ^G7tumbled to the ^Cground