Look And Despair
Joanna NewsomVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
The cause is Ozymandian.
The mapa sacra continent
is sanded and bevelled,
the land lorn and levelled
by some unrecorded and powerful hand
(repeat sequence for all repetitions of this phrase)
where all of the twenty thousand attending your footfall
and the causes they died for are lost in the idling bird calls,
and the records they left are cryptic at best,
lost in obsolescence.
The text will not yield, nor x ray reveal
with any fluorescence
where the hand of the master begins and ends.
(repeat sequence for all repetitions of this phrase)
"It's alright,"
and "It's all over now,"
and boarded the plane,
his belt unfastened;
the boy was known to show unusual daring.
And, called a boy,
this older man confounding Tammany Hall
(In whose employ
King Tamanend himself preceded Johns fall).
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Readable chord sheet for Look And Despair by Joanna Newsom
[C]The cause[D] is O[F]zymandian. The m[C]apa sac[D]ra con[F]tinent is[C] sanded and be[G]velled, the [Bb]land lorn and le[F]velled by s[Am]ome unre[EbM7]corded and power[Dm7]ful hand [EbM7] (repeat sequence for all repetitions of this phrase) where al[Bb]l of the twenty th[Gm]ousand attendi[Eb]ng your footfall [Bb] and the ca[Bb]uses they died f[Gm]or are lost in the id[Eb]ling bird call[Bb]s, and the re[Bb]cords they left are cry[Gm]ptic at best, lost [Eb]in obsole[Bb]scence. The t[Bb]ext will not yield, nor x[Gm] ray reveal with a[Eb]ny fluoresc[Bb]ence where the han[F]d of the maste[Eb]r begins a[Gm]nd en[Db9]ds. (repeat sequence for all repetitions of this phrase) "It's[Bb] alright," and "I[C]t's all over now," and b[Am7]oarded the pla[Dm]ne, his belt unf[Bb]astened; the [C]boy was known to show unusual d[Am7]aring.[Dm] And, called a bo[Bb]y, this [C]older man confounding Tamma[Am7]ny Hall [Dm] (In whose employ[Bb] King T[C]amanend himself preceded [Am7]Johns fall). [Dm]