Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Gwydion’s Lament

By Diamond


Do you remember the name of the hero        Am Dm G C

Who gave his life for Ivory’s sake?            Am Dm G E

And do you remember the way that he lost it,    Am Dm G C

In a sacrifice that none of us would make?        Am Dm G E


Chorus:

For how do you know that the doing is right        Am Dm G C

If all that you’ll know o the deed is what’s sung?    Am Dm G E

Bards are all liars, can’t really trust ‘em        Am Dm G C

Even the one that’s singing this song            Am Dm G E

C E C E C E C E


And do you remember the way he hated magic

Hated it so much he would cast it out

He’d send it away in a flash

Much like the memory of what he’d done


Chorus


Partnered to a snake he called “Fluffy”,

Neither one of them was right in the head

But that doesn’t matter because without ‘em

All those in Ivory, they would be Dead.


Chorus 


He lived as a Sea Elf, in the Coasts of the White

Which none but the sages can find on a map,

Even though he fell defending the city of light.

Aurora protect him, he did what was right.


Chorus


Bards always write up the heroes with drama 

Not so much those who do what had to be done.

So remember the Callin, Carmen, and Baba

And also the name of Gwydion!


New Chorus (x2):

But you can know that the deed is right        A D G C

Even if the song is never sung            A D G E7

If what you have done will hold back the night    A D G C

Whether the war is lost or won            A D G E7