Mercy Of The Fallen
Dar WilliamsVersion1
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Oh my fair North Star
I have held to you dearly
I had asked you to steer me
'Til one cloud-scattered night
I got lost in my travels
I met Leo the lion
Met a king and met a giant
With their errant light
There's the wind and the rain
And the mercy of the fallen
Who say they have no claim to know what's right
There's the weak and the strong
And the beds that have no answer
And that's where I may rest my head tonight
I saw all the bright people
In imposing flocks they landed
And they got what they demanded
And they scratched at the ground
Then they flew and the fear
Grew as sweetly for the flightless
Who had longing yet despite this
Who could hear every sound
There's the wind and the rain
And the mercy of the fallen
Who say they have no claim to know what's right
And if your sister or your brother
Were stumbling on their last mile
In a self-inflicted exile
You'd wish for them a humble friend
And I hope someday
That the best of Falstaff's planners
Give me seven half-built manors
Where half dreams may dream without end
There's the wind and the rain
And the mercy of the fallen
Who say Hey, it's not my place to know what's right
There's the weak and the strong
And the many stars that guide us
We have some of them inside us
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Readable chord sheet for Mercy Of The Fallen by Dar Williams
Oh my f[G]air North S[D]tar I have [Em]held to you de[C]arly I had a[G]sked you to s[C]teer me 'Til one [G]cloud-scattered n[D]ight I got l[G]ost in my tr[D]avels I met [Em]Leo the l[C]ion Met a k[G]ing and met a gia[C]nt With their e[G]rrant li[D]ght [D7] There's the w[Em]ind and the r[Bm]ain And the me[C]rcy of the fallen Who say t[G]hey have no c[D]laim to know what's [Em]right [C] There's the w[G]eak and the str[D]ong And the b[Em]eds that have no [C]answer And that's w[G]here I may r[D]est my head t[Em]onight [C] I saw a[G]ll the bright p[D]eople In i[Em]mposing flocks they l[C]anded And they [G]got what they de[C]manded And they s[G]cratched at the gr[D]ound Then they [G]flew and the f[D]ear Grew as s[Em]weetly for the fl[C]ightless Who had l[G]onging yet desp[C]ite this Who could h[G]ear every so[D]und [D7] There's the w[Em]ind and the r[Bm]ain And the me[C]rcy of the fallen Who say t[G]hey have no c[D]laim to know what's [Em]right [C] [G] [D] [Em] [C] [G] [D] [Em] [C] And if your s[G]ister or your br[D]other Were st[Em]umbling on their l[C]ast mile In a s[G]elf-inflicted [C]exile You'd wish for th[G]em a humble fr[D]iend And I h[G]ope somed[D]ay That the [Em]best of Falstaff's pla[C]nners Give me s[G]even half-built ma[C]nors Where h[G]alf dreams may d[D]ream without [Em]end [D] There's the w[Em]ind and the r[Bm]ain And the me[C]rcy of the fallen Who say H[G]ey, it's not [D]my place to know wha[Em]t's righ[C]t There's the w[G]eak and the str[D]ong And the m[Em]any stars that guid[C]e us We have so[G]me of them ins[C]ide us [G] [D] [G]