| G | C | G |
| When the earth re | claims the pet | als |
| C | G |
| When the moonlight | fades to dawn |
| D | G |
| When the leaves of | trembling velvet |
| C | D |
| Lose the courage | to hold on |
| G | C | G |
| Violets tell | fairy | tales |
| G | C | G |
| In their | nests of | dusky ground |
| D | C |
| Heros robed in | shining purple |
| C | D |
| Battles lost and | lovers found |
| G | C | D |
| As their gentle | comrade | dies |
| C | D | G |
| Friends, his trembling | heart to | soothe, |
| C | D | G |
| Tell him loving, | stirring | lies |
| C | D | G |
| Of the tall ones | who can | move. |
| G | C | G |
| Listen to the | ways of hu | mans |
| C | G |
| How they thrive on | reckless chances, |
| D | G |
| Dynasty and | heart's desire |
| C | D |
| Ride on slippers | left at dances |
| G | C | D |
| For a narrow | chance at free | dom |
| C | D |
Nothing | is too g | ood to stake |
| D | G |
| Grow your hair or | spin your metal |
| C | D |
| Run with heros | in your wake |
| G | C | G |
| Hear about the | restless | men |
| G | C |
| On the seas that | know them best |
| D | G |
| Finding gold, sed | ucing mermaids |
| C | D |
| Stealing rocs' eggs f | rom their nests |
| G | C | D |
| Listen to the | ways of | humans |
| C | D | G |
| Fear not what now | comes to | you |
| C | D | G |
| Soon your spirit | will go | with them, |
| C | D | G |
| Reckless, rootless, | sailing | too. |
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