Ancient Rhymes
John DenverVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Two days be fore the moon was round
You felt the urge of sun's light beams
The muffled world of dolphin sound
Slipped down and back into your dreams
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For nine full months that passed be fore
You learned of all life's ancient rhymes
Then mother sensed
farther shore
And brought you forth into these times
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So taste the air of your new world
And gently guide us to your mind
It knows the winds and sails un furled
And holds to heart the dolphin kind
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Welcome precious earthmade child
We met you first in your father's songs
And mother's smile and waters wild
It's in this place you now be long
I know you know of all these things
And feel the faith of a dolphin's sigh
For you were born on silver wings
To taste the high blown crystal sky
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So sing one day to all of us
The songs you learned in dolphin lair
Giving hope to life as all we must
And teach us how their grace to share
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instrumental 1 verse
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Readable chord sheet for Ancient Rhymes by John Denver
[G] [D] [C] [Am] [C] [G] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [G] Two days be [F] fore the [C] moon was [D] round [G] You felt the [Em] urge of [C] sun's light [D] beams The [G] muffled [F] world of [C] dolphin [D] sound Slipped [C] down and [G] back [D] into [D7] your [G] dreams [G 8th fret] - [G 7th fret] - [G 5th fret] For [G] nine full [F] months that [C] passed be [D] fore You [G] learned of [Em] all life's [C] ancient [D] rhymes Then [G] mother [F] sensed [A] [C] farther [D] shore And [C] brought you [G] forth [D] into [D7] these [G] times [G 8th fret] - [G 7th fret] - [G 5th fret] So [Am] taste the air of [D] your new world And [C] gently [C/b] guide us [Am] to your [G] mind It [Am] knows the winds and [D] sails un [G] furled And [C] holds to [G] heart [D] the [D7] dolphin [G] kind [G 8th fret] - [G 7th fret] - [G 5th fret] [G] [D] [C] [Am] [C] [G] [D] [G] Welcome [F] precious [C] earthmade [D] child We [G] met you [Em] first in your [C] father's [D] songs And [G] mother's [F] smile and [C] waters [D] wild It's [C] in this [G] place [D] you [D7] now be [G] long I [G] know you [F] know of [C] all these [D] things And [G] feel the [Em] faith of a [C] dolphin's [D] sigh For [G] you were [F] born on [C] silver [D] wings To [C] taste the [G] high blown [D] [D7] crystal [G] sky [G 8th fret] - [G 7th fret] - [G 5th fret] So [Am] sing one day to [D] all of us The [C] songs you [C/b] learned in [Am] dolphin [G] lair Giving [Am] hope to life as [D] all we [G] must And [C] teach us [G] how [D] their [D7] grace to [G] share [G 8th fret] - [G 7th fret] - [G 5th fret] instrumental 1 verse